WITH MISSINGS FOR THE FIFA DATE, TITE SUBSCRIBES LORRAN AND 6 OTHER BOYS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE FLAMENGO CAST

The Peñarol (URU) team was excited from the beginning of the trip to Rio de Janeiro, where they will face Flamengo, in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. In addition to cheering the players on the flight towards the 'Marvelous City', the Uruguayans posted a montage of Christ the Redeemer with the club's flag.

As soon as they landed on Rio de Janeiro soil, the Uruguayan club published an image of a of the city's main tourist attractions. In addition to the photo, the team wrote the following message: “Peñarol em Rio”, alluding to Rock In Rio. Afterwards, a video showing the arrival of the athletes at Galeão Airport was also published.

Peñarol reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores after beating The Strongest (BOL) in the round of 16. In the first game, the Uruguayan team defeated their opponent 4-0. On the way back, the Bolivian team even won by a score of 1-0, however, it was not enough to take away the classification of Diego Aguirre's men.

Before the game against Flamengo, Peñarol played in the Championship Uruguayan. On Saturday (14), Rubro-Negro's opponent beat Rampla (URU), by a score of 4 to 0. Given this situation, they remained undefeated in the national tournament.

Flamengo is coming off a bitter draw with Vasco on Sunday (15), however, they will have reinforcements for this Thursday's duel (19). Recovered from a thigh injury, De La Cruz is back in the team. In addition to the Uruguayan, Alex Sandro, Alcaraz and Gonzalo Plata were registered in the competition and, as a result, will be included in the clash.

Last Tuesday, the candidate for re-election for mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, denied the journalist Ancelmo Gois, from Globo. In a post on Instagram, the mayor informed that the city hall will be responsible for removing the megastructure on the gas meter site, different from what was reported. Furthermore, he guaranteed that Flamengo will have its new stadium, with the best conditions and security.

The news published by Ancelmo informs that Flamengo would have to pay R$100 million to remove a large gas structure present on land acquired by the club, which is owned by CEG and CEG-Rio, which are companies that are part of the gas concessionaire Naturgy.

According to the article, the companies were informed that Flamengo is the responsible for bearing the expenses, as provided for in one of the annexes to the land purchase and transfer contract. The clause, however, does not have a specified limit.

Paes stated that the values ​​for the transfer of the structure are different from what was pointed out in the article by Ancelmo Gois. Furthermore, it exempted Flamengo from any responsibility, and that the city hall has been planning to remove it for years.

“They are making me defend @flamengo more than I would like: let it be clear that this is not the The cost of this transfer and when it happens will be the responsibility of the city of Rio, which knows that this structure cannot be in an area that is already receiving so many residential buildings. It's been in our plans for a long time! Flamengo will have its new stadium there in the gasometer with all the quality and safety that the region demands and deserves. Period!”, published the mayor.

Mamãe Cris, as Flamengo's new star is affectionately called by fans, is one of the nine athletes who arrived to make up the Mais Querido squad in 2024. To start her first year with Rubro Negro, Cristiane hopes to count on support fundamental at the club.

In an interview with GE, Cristiane recalled her meeting with Gabigol and spoke about her first weeks at Mais Querido. Remembering that the number 10 is a big fan of the striker and celebrated the star's arrival on social media.

“It was really cool because I don't have Twitter, so they sent me tweets about what he had posted. I said: “Man, that’s cool!” And at the time I vaguely remember him, little (in Santos), because men change a lot when they grow up. And they were all brats. When I played for Santos at that time, they were all from the youth team. So there was a contact there in the cafeteria, sometimes on a daily basis. And this affection, this respect is very nice”, he said.

Still in an interview with GE, Cristiane said that it is important for the male cast to show support for the feminine. During her meeting with Gabigol, she demanded a closer relationship between the cast and Meninas da Gávea. According to her, the number 10 promised that he will try to follow Flamengo's women's football more.

“I think it is very important to have integration. The players (men) don't think so, but their integration with us is very important. It brings the importance that women's football deserves. And that look is really cool on their part. So I was quite happy”, said Cristiane, who then added:

“I thought his (Gabigol) care and affection was really cute, that he then sent me a message again saying that he was happy with the shirt. and that he would try to follow our games more here. I told him that it was important for him to follow along and the other players too to give us this morale, right? This contact is really cool.”

Cristiane took advantage of the last few weeks to prepare with a focus on her debut for Mais Querido. The match against Fluminense this Saturday (3) will be the star's debut with the Sacred Mantle. The game will be valid for the Copa Rio Feminina. Cris also commented on the expectations for the match.

“I'm looking forward to playing this match against Fluminense, I think it's a very big and historic classic here in Rio. I'm used to always playing in the Campeonato Paulista and now I’m going to have this rivalry here”, declared Cris.