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To escape his worst year with the Flamengo shirt, Gabigol needs similar performance to striker Haaland
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Commentator spared no criticism
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0Flamengo's performances have divided the opinions of fans and journalists. After Rubro-Negro's 1-1 draw with Vasco, last Sunday (15), former player and commentator Walter Casagrande spared no criticism of the team led by Tite.
— Everything we said of doubt about whether Flamengo will win or not is Flamengo's own responsibility, not because the others are better – only Botafogo, which is the best in the Brazilian Championship and perhaps in South America. But in relation to the other teams, the doubt about Flamengo is because of himself -, he began.
— Not because of the casting, because of the cast. You look and think: ‘This team isn’t going far’. He looks again and sees nothing. Every day you see Flamengo play, it's worse than before. I rule out Flamengo (in the Brazilian Championship) a little. (…) There's no point in playing well and getting a draw at the end -, he concluded, in participation in the program 'Fim de Papo', on UOL.
It is worth noting that Flamengo won just one of the last six games in the Brasileirão. In this period, there were three defeats, two draws and only one positive result. In other words, five points won out of a possible 18. With a draw with Vasco in the 26th round, Rubro-Negro saw Botafogo and Palmeiras beat Corinthians and Criciúma, respectively. In this way, the first two placed in the Brazilian Championship 'stretched' ahead.
Flamengo, however, still has one game less in relation to the first three placed in the national tournament table (Botafogo, Palmeiras and Fortaleza). In short, Tite's men are in the G-4 of the Brasileirão and still have a mathematical chance of winning the title.
In addition, Rubro-Negro is classified in the semi-finals of the Copa do Brasil, where they will face Corinthians. Finally, the Libertadores quarterfinals are ahead. This Thursday (19), in fact, the red and black team receives Peñarol (URU), in a duel for the continental competition. The ball rolls at 7pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã
p>The teams play the first game of the quarterfinals at 7 p.m.
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0Tite defined Flamengo and announced the 11 starters who will face Peñarol, this Thursday, at Maracanã, at 7pm. De la Cruz returns to the starting lineup in place of Léo Ortiz, and Alex Sandro and Plata were retained. The duel with the Uruguayans is the first between the teams in the quarter-finals of the Copa Conmebol Libertadores.
Alex Sandro and Plata, debutants in last Sunday's classic, remain in the team after having good performances in the draw against Vasco. Gabigol is now out of the relationship due to fibrosis in the posterior muscle of his right thigh. Flamengo, in a statement, reported that the athlete did not suffer any injury in the region. Check it out:
"The Clube de Regatas do Flamengo informs that the athlete Gabriel Barbosa underwent tests that did not diagnose an injury to the posterior muscle of his right thigh. However, the Technical Committee opted for precaution and did not list him for the duel against Peñarol due to fibrosis in the region. Gabi is handed over to physiotherapists and physical trainers for the series of decisive games of the season."
Match starts at 7pm this Thursday
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0Flamengo faces Peñarol (URU) in the first game of the CONMEBOL Libertadores quarter-finals and, here, you can watch the broadcast, live, with 2h30 of pre-game, interviews, the team's arrival at Maracanã and everything more.
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Commentator praises striker and says that Data FIFA, CBF and Mengão are “suspects” in the injury
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0Pedro suffered one of the most serious injuries in football and will be out of the remainder of the 2024 season, precisely at his best. Flamengo and Brazil's top scorer of the year was injured while called up by the Brazilian team, in a sad episode analyzed by former player and commentator Casagrande.
In his column on UOL, Casagrande compared Pedro's situation with a personal experience during his career, when, playing for Porto, he was left out of the Champions League final due to a serious injury. Although Pedro will not be absent from a Libertadores final, his absence comes at the most decisive moment of Flamengo's season so far.
“Pedro knows how to do everything a center forward needs. He heads very well, has excellent ball control, finishes well with both feet, and has perfect ball control. Anyway, he would be the guy of the moment with the 9 in hopscotch. He was not called up for the Copa América, which, in my opinion, was a big mistake by Dorival Jr, but he has now been called up for the games against Ecuador, on Friday (6), in Curitiba, and against Paraguay, on Tuesday (10) , in Assunção”, added the former player
Casagrande praised Pedro's performance and lamented the fatality, highlighting that Flamengo's number 9 had everything to be the starter in the Brazilian team's next games. The commentator also criticized Dorival Júnior's decision not to call up Pedro for the Copa América, which, in his view, was a mistake.
No blame for Pedro's injury, says Casagrande
After confirming the seriousness of the injury, part of the fans and the media began to look for those responsible for what happened. However, Casagrande maintains that there is no one to blame for Pedro's injury, although he recognizes that “suspects” always arise in cases like this.
“I shouldn't have come back now, because it comes from a thigh injury and perhaps she wasn't strong enough to hold her knee. Speculation. The calendar, FIFA Data, Flamengo, all are suspected of having accelerated Pedro's return”, stated Casagrande.
According to predictions, Pedro will need to undergo surgery and is expected to return from here. to 9 to 12 months, which means he should only return to play during the next season.
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