Everton Cebolinha shares recovery process after serious injury; player is out of Flamengo's season

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.

Flamengo focuses its efforts on preparation to face Bolívar (BOL) at Maracanã this Thursday (15) at 9:30 pm (Brasília time) in the first game of the round of 16 of the Libertadores. For the match, the red and black team must count on the return of an important player in the defensive system.

This is right-back Guillermo Varela. The player, who was left out of the 1-1 draw with Palmeiras last Sunday (11) due to a hip injury, trained with the squad normally last Tuesday (13) and should be available to coach Tite for the Libertadores. The information was first published by journalist Léo José.

The question now is whether Varela will be able to start against Bolívar, or whether Wesley, who has a proposal from Atalanta in Italy, he will be kept in the role. In recent matches, Tite has made constant changes between the two players and Flamengo's right flank currently does not have an absolute starter.

With Varela's return, Flamengo will have three absences for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Libertadores. Striker Everton Cebolinha ruptured his Achilles tendon and is out for the season. Matías Viña, left back, injured his knee last Sunday (11) against Palmeiras. Striker Bruno Henrique was sent off in Flamengo's last match in the group stage of the competition.

Flamengo will enter the field on Thursday needing to achieve a good result to avoid having to win at the 3600m altitude of La Peace in the return game, for that, the red and black will have to change their recent record. Mais Querido hasn't won in three games, with two defeats and a draw. For this, the fans will be important and the tickets for the match are already sold out.