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Flamengo updates Pulgar and Jorginho's situation ahead of Libertadores final
17 Set 2025 | 18:23
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After the injury to striker Pedro, several names of free center forwards on the market began to be mentioned as possible replacements for Flamengo. With the transfer window closed, the club can only sign players without a contract. Among those speculated are Depay, Martial and Choupo-Moting.
However, during the press conference after Alex Sandro's presentation, Flamengo indicated confidence in the athletes they already have on the squad. Journalist Mauro Cezar Pereira pointed out the strategy behind this positioning. According to Mauro, the leaders' speech was carefully planned. They highlighted the current players so as not to devalue their own strikers.
“It will be an emergency signing. But the directors were very careful at Alex Sandro's presentation press conference. ‘No, let’s see and such, we trust Bruno Henrique’. They even called him a center forward, which he is not. He has been acting improvised. Gabigol is also not a center forward like Pedro, he is a movement attacker, not a man in the box. And Carlinhos, the only one who is a center forward like Pedro, 9, is a reference. But he’s a poor player,” said Mauro Cezar on his YouTube channel. p>
However, Mauro guarantees that, despite avoiding talking directly about a new center forward, Flamengo is analyzing the options available on the market.
In order not to deplete players who are part of the squad, they decided not to talk. But they are, yes, talking to people, analyzing names, to see if any make sense. It's possible that he won't hire anyone, because if no name comes up, hiring for the sake of hiring... Then Tite will have to make do, changing the way he plays a little. It is even possible to use Arrascaeta as a false 9. Jesus already used it. In a system with Luiz Araújo, Bruno Henrique, two wingers. Players who close diagonally, close in the area, Bruno Henrique also heading. You lose the reference and gain other game elements. Tite will have to create”, said the journalist.
He also recalls that Memphis Depay was already being speculated at Flamengo even before Pedro's injury. However, in his assessment, Choupo-Moting is the player with characteristics closest to those of Flamengo's current center forward.
Depay, initially discarded, especially because he is very expensive, but was once again considered after the injury. Pedro. Martial is almost like Gabigol who plays on the left wing and Depay moves on both sides, falls on the left, on the right, but he is not a box guy. They are even lighter, faster players. They are not physically imposed. Choupo-Moting, this, in fact, presence in the area, a strong player. Anchor, pivot. He’s not at Pedro’s level today”, concluded Mauro Cezar.
Flamengo competes in the 2025 Club Basketball World Cup, with games broadcast by FlamengoTV, narrated by João Guilherme and commented by Duda Machado
17 Set 2025 | 19:00 |
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FlaBasquete has an international challenge ahead in the FIBA Intercontinental Club Cup , considered the basketball world championship. The red-black team debuts this Thursday (18) against NBA G League United, from the USA, at 6 am (Brasília time).
On September 19th, also at 6 am, Flamengo faces the Illawarra Hawks of Australia , with decisive matches scheduled for the weekend. All matches will be broadcast exclusively on Flamengo TV , bringing every play of the competition directly to the red-and-black nation.
João Guilherme will be the narrator, with commentary from Flamengo basketball legend Duda Machado. Emerson Santos, also known as Emershow, will be reporting from the courts in Singapore .
Under the command of Sérgio Hernández, known as "Oveja," Flamengo held a training camp in Spain, facing local teams. The coach highlighted the club's confidence and structure: " We are very happy and excited to represent the continent in a competition of this magnitude. We want to put Flamengo at the top of the world – where it should always be ," stated Oveja.
Flamengo has already won the world title on two occasions: 2014: Victory over Maccabi Haifa (Israel), 90 to 77, at Maracanãzinho, with highlights for Marcelinho Machado, Marquinhos, Laprovittola and Olivinha . 2022: Two-time championship in Egypt, beating Hereda San Pablo Burgos (Spain), with Yago, Olivinha and Luke Martínez leading the team.
Players are still recovering and will not be available to Filipe Luís for the duel this Thursday (18), at Maracanã, for the first leg of the quarterfinals
17 Set 2025 | 19:00 |
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Flamengo held a training session at Ninho do Urubu on Wednesday afternoon (17) with the entire squad on the field. However, Pulgar, Jorginho and Alex Sandro are still doing specific work and will not be available for the game on Thursday (18), at 9:30 pm, at Maracanã, for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.
Chilean midfielder Erick Pulgar has returned to action on the pitch, but still needs at least two weeks to be cleared for the final phase of physical conditioning. He is recovering from a fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his right foot, suffered in June.
Jorginho and Alex Sandro are also out of the squad . The Italian-Brazilian midfielder is treating a muscle swelling in his left thigh and is undergoing transition activities supervised by physiotherapists. The left-back, meanwhile, continues to recover from a left calf injury.
Without the trio, Flamengo should enter the field with: Rossi; Varela (or Emerson Royal), Léo Ortiz, Léo Pereira and Ayrton Lucas; De la Cruz (or Allan), Saúl and Arrascaeta; Gonzalo Plata, Bruno Henrique (or Pedro) and Samuel Lino.
On the other side, coach Eduardo Domínguez projects a balanced match and highlighted Estudiantes' confidence in achieving a good result away from home. The Argentine team had a solid campaign in the group stage, eliminating Cerro Porteño in the round of 16 , and has three away wins, losing only to Botafogo .
Conmebol appoints Andrés Rojas as referee for the match between Flamengo and Estudiantes at Maracanã and announces new rules for communicating decisions
17 Set 2025 | 18:45 |
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Conmebol released, on Friday night (12), the refereeing scale for the match between Flamengo and Estudiantes de La Plata , valid for the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores. The game will be played next Thursday (18), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time) , at Maracanã, with ESPN broadcast throughout Brazil.
Colombian referee Andrés Rojas was appointed to officiate the match. Well-known to Flamengo fans, he has refereed four Flamengo matches, with a positive record for the Rio de Janeiro club: three wins and one draw.
The most memorable match refereed by Rojas occurred in 2017 , when Flamengo thrashed Palestino 5-0 in the Copa Sudamericana at the Luso-Brasileiro Stadium. In that match, Vinícius Jr. scored his first professional goal for the red-and-black team.
In addition to announcing the schedule, Conmebol announced this Tuesday (16) a new feature for the quarterfinal stage. From this stage onwards, the main referees will immediately communicate their decisions to the entire public present at the stadium, increasing the transparency of the arbitration process.
The winner of the Flamengo vs. Estudiantes match will face the winner of the Vélez Sarsfield vs. Racing match in the semifinals. For this bracket, CONMEBOL has selected Brazilian duo Wilton Pereira Sampaio as the referee and Rodolpho Toski as the VAR manager.
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