Flamengo races against time to replace sides and wingers in this window

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 beat Bahia 1-0 this Wednesday (29) in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Copa do Brasil. In the match, two Mais Querido players left the field due to injuries, midfielder Nico De La Cruz and striker Michael, who returned to the red and black team last week after playing in Saudi football, where he was led by Jorge Jesus.

The frequent injuries in the red and black team has been worrying the technical committee. In the post-game interview, Tite stated that the club works to ensure that the players are in good physical shape and avoid injuries, but due to the sequence of games Flamengo, become inevitable.

“Maybe we don't have enough time to talk regarding how much it influences the athlete. And how much we work on this so that we can make decisions without exposing the athlete or their health. It inevitably happens and it hurts,” said the coach. Tite commented on the case of Michael who, after returning, started the match against Red Bull Bragantino and played the 90 minutes, something that, according to the coach, was not supposed to happen, but was necessary due to the physical problems of the Mengão squad.

“We needed Michael because we didn't have one and he played the whole game there (against Bragantino). I wasn't supposed to play the whole game. He came with good will and was decisive. He was almost going to score the second goal, it wasn't a foul. It was nothing, he removed the body. Just for the record. One decisive player and you lose in the sequence. We try to preserve as much as possible, but it's tough.

With the injuries to Michael and De La Cruz, Flamengo now has seven players in the medical department. In addition to the duo, Everton Cebolinha, Matías Viña, Pedro, Gabigol and Arrascaeta are also recovering from injuries. Shirts 9, 99 and 14 suffered muscle injuries and should return in September. Cebolinha ruptured the Achilles tendon in his left leg and will only return next year, as does Viña, who had a ligament rupture in his knee and a fractured tibia.