Flamengo opens its eyes after optional point given by the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro

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.

Tension between the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, and the state governor, Cláudio Castro, increased this weekend. In yet another exchange of public barbs, Castro stated that Paes has "exceeded the good coexistence" with "personal attacks". The governor's comment came after criticism from Paes during an event in the city's West Zone, on Saturday (7), where the mayor accused Castro of being "lax" in managing public security.

During the event at Praça Seca, Eduardo Paes did not mince words when talking about the current security situation in the state. Accompanied by vice-governor Thiago Pampolha, who broke with Castro, Paes highlighted that the governor's authority has been lost, which, according to him, facilitates the actions of criminals.

"I have never seen what is happening happen happening now. They have lost their authority, their morale, and when criminals and criminals realize that the ruler is weak, that he has no authority, like the governor, they use and abuse it", stated the mayor in his speech.

On Sunday (8), Cláudio Castro used his social networks to respond to Paes' statements. The governor defended his administration and suggested that the mayor of Rio de Janeiro is becoming nervous when asked about public security issues. Furthermore, Castro criticized problems in the city that are the responsibility of the city hall, such as garbage collection, the situation of socially vulnerable people and the economy.

"You don't need to be nervous when asked about security public, Eduardo. Take care of being responsible for your management in the city", wrote Castro.

Cláudio Castro also took the opportunity to accuse Eduardo Paes of having denied his administration the use of public spaces for the implementation of security projects in Rio. The governor mentioned that the mayor refused to give up land for the construction of police stations and installation of security booths in strategic areas of the city.

"Do you remember when you refused to give me public spaces to create a security program in the city's tourist belt? Or when you denied areas to build police stations and install security booths? I won't forget", said Castro. According to the governor, even in the face of these denials, he chose not to turn the issue into a political clash.