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The 27th round of the Brazilian Championship concluded on Sunday night (22). The day began with Corinthians' 3-0 victory over Atlético-GO and ended with Flamengo's defeat to Grêmio 3-2, in Porto Alegre, despite the defeat, the club remains in the G4. With this, check out the updated Brasileirão classification table.

Updated Table:

1st Botafogo – 56 points

2nd Palmeiras – 53 points

3rd Fortaleza – 52 points

4th Flamengo – 45 points

5th São Paulo – 44 points

6th Bahia – 42 points

7th Cruzeiro – 42 points

8th International – 41 points

9th Atlético-MG – 36 points

10th Vasco – 35 points

11th Youth – 32 points

12th Grêmio – 31 points

13th Athletico-PR – 31 points

14th Bragantino – 31 points

15th Criciúma – 29 points

16th Vitória – 28 points

17th Corinthians – 28 points

18th Fluminense – 27 points

19th Cuiabá – 23 points

20th Atlético-GO – 18 points

Flamengo, who entered the field with an alternative team to focus on the match against Peñarol ( URU) next Thursday (26), ended up losing to Grêmio by 3-2. With this result, Rubro-Negro maintained fourth place and saw its direct opponents distance themselves. Fortaleza beat Bahia 4-1, Palmeiras defeated Vasco 1-0, and Botafogo beat Fluminense 1-0 in the Rio classic, reaching 56 points. Focus in the Libertadores

Now, Flamengo focuses all its attention on the Libertadores. Next Thursday (26), Rubro-Negro will face Peñarol, in Montevideo, in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the continental competition. The match will be at 7pm, Brasília time, at the Campeón del Siglo, the Uruguayan team's stadium.

Flamengo's season is still running and it seems that Rubro-Negro has not been able to manage all competitions well. This last Sunday (22), Mais Querido lost to Grêmio 3-2 and found themselves further away from the Brasileirão leader, Botafogo. Asked about the team's intentions in the competition, Tite detailed the planning during the national tournament sequence.

"I learned at Flamengo that we have to compete for everything. This is unquestionable. In fact, the pressure is on because of the club's greatness. It's natural. And it's always like that. The job will only be accepted if it has a great title. We have a plan and end up redirecting according to needs. Now it won't be every ten or every game. We're going to adjust from game to game", concluded Tite, in a press conference.

FLAMENGO'S SITUATION

Flamengo's situation this season is not favorable. This is because, despite being alive in three competitions, Mais Querido has not been playing good football and is at risk of leaving the Libertadores, as they lost to Peñarol in the first leg and will have to decide their place in Uruguay. Furthermore, Rubro-Negro is stuck in fourth place in the Brasileirão, with just 45 points won.

DECISION NEXT THURSDAY

Now, the Flamengo's squad focuses on the big decision against Peñarol, in the Libertadores quarter-finals. Mais Querido returns to the field next Thursday (26), at 7pm, in Uruguay. Remembering that Rubro-Negro needs to reverse the 1-0 score to qualify for the semi-finals.

The transfer market in Brazilian football is always busy, especially with the emphasis given to the clubs' young promises. Recently, Vitória, a traditional Bahian club, was the protagonist of a negotiation that resulted in the loss of one of its young promises to one of the biggest clubs in the country, Flamengo. This is left-back Ainoã, 18 years old, who left the Bahian club after failing to reach an agreement to renew his contract, migrating to Flamengo in a negotiation that drew attention both for its details and for the circumstances that involved her.

Ainoã, left-back from the youth teams of Vitória, was seen as one of the players with great potential within the club. However, the young athlete had a contract with Vitória until March 2024, and negotiations for a renewal did not progress as expected. According to information initially released by the Arena Rubro-Negra website and later confirmed by ge, negotiations between Vitória's board of directors and the player did not reach a consensus. Faced with this situation, the Bahian club chose not to insist on renewal and agreed to release the player to Flamengo in advance, guaranteeing in exchange the maintenance of 30% of Ainoã's economic rights.

FLAMENGO KEEP NEW LATERAL

This strategic decision allowed Vitória to preserve part of the rights to the athlete, which could yield a financial return in a possible future sale by Flamengo. Although the departure of a young promise is never easy, this was a way for the Bahian club to minimize losses and still ensure a return in the event of the player's appreciation in the market.

Ainoã, despite being considered a promise of Vitória's youth categories, has a short trajectory in professional football. The left-back made his debut for the main team at the beginning of 2023, during a match in the last round of the Copa do Nordeste, against Campinense. On that occasion, Vitória was defeated and Ainoã entered the field until the 34th minute of the second half, when he was substituted. This was his only appearance for the professional team, which raises questions about why Flamengo, a large club, decided to invest in the player.