Flamengo faces Bahia in the Copa do Brasil; check out the field command of the duel

In a year of unprecedented achievements, the Under-20 Boys from the Nest reached another important milestone in 2024: 100 goals scored in 56 games. An average of 1.76 goals per match. With this offensive power, Flamengo goes to Saquarema, in the Lagos Region, to face Boavista in the first game of the Carioca semifinal. The ball rolls at 2:45 pm, at the Elcyr Rezende stadium, in Bacaxá, broadcast by FlaTV.

The century-old milestone was achieved by the U20s in the first leg of Carioca's quarter-finals against Nova Iguaçu, outside the house. Guilherme and Wallace Yan scored in the victory that practically guaranteed Mengão in the semifinals. The goals are counted from the following competitions in which the category was represented: Copa São Paulo de Futebol Junior, Libertadores, Copa Rio, Brasileirão, Mundial and Carioca.

“It’s great to reach these goals. This means beautiful teamwork. We know how to kill the opportunities we have. And on Saturday you can expect a very competitive team that is much stronger than before. We're going to fight to get to the final” said striker Wallace Yan, top scorer in the category who has played in different roles in attack and has 20 goal contributions.

Check out the general numbers of Mengão's U20s.

56 GAMES

37 WINS

6 DRAWS

13 DEFEATS

100 GOALS FOR

56 GOALS AGAINST

ARTILLERY

10 GOALS - WALLACE YAN;

9 GOALS – ADRIEL;

7 GOALS – IAGO;

6 GOALS - FELIPE TERESA, GUILHERME;

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5 GOALS – SHOLA;

4 GOALS - RODRIGUINHO, VICTOR SILVA;

3 GOALS - LORRAN, ZÉ WELINTON;

2 GOALS - DANIEL ROGÉRIO, GUSTTAVO, FELIPE LIMA, MATHEUS GONÇALVES, LUCAS OLIVEIRA, GERMANO, CAIO GARCIA;

1 GOAL - LUCAS SILVA, VICTOR THIAGO, CARBONE, JEAN CARLOS, RAFAEL COUTO, ISAQUE, PEDRO LEMOS, BILL, THIAGO MEDEIROS, PEDRO LEÃO, MENEGATTI, LUIS AUCÉLIO;

ASSISTS

10 PASSES - WALLACE YAN;

6 PASSES – GUILHERME ;

5 PASSES – SHOLA;

4 PASSES – JEAN CARLOS;

3 PASSES – FELIPE LIMA, THIAGO MEDEIROS, DANIEL SALES, FELIPE TERESA;

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2 PASSES - VICTOR SILVA, ZÉ WELINTON, LUCYAN, LUIS AUCÉLIO, GERMANO, LORRAN;

1 PASS - CAIO GARCIA, DANIEL ROGÉRIO, MENEGATTI, DA MATA, AINOÃ, IAGO, RODRIGUINHO, GUSTTAVO, GUSTAVO KRUG, PEDRO LEÃO, GERMANO, FELIPE VIEIRA.

In the Carioca U20 Championship, Mengão was led by both Filipe Luís and Raphael Bahia, coach of U20 B. Bahia, In fact, he led the team in more games this year (21 games), and therefore, 40% of the goals scored were with him in the technical area, indicating participation both in the season and in the category's campaign that reached the semi-finals of Carioca.< /p>

Boavista and Flamengo are broadcast exclusively on FlaTV direct from Saquarema, which will be live from 2:15 pm this Saturday (21). Go after them, Mengão!

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Flamengo will have a very alternative team for the clash against Grêmio, this Sunday (22), for the 27th round of the Brasileirão. Departure will be at 6:30 pm, in Porto Alegre. In addition to the 12 players saved for the clash with Peñarol, Gabigol is also not on the list of players listed for the duel with the team from Rio Grande do Sul, as reported by journalist Mauro Cezar Pereira.

In addition to the players, Rubro- Negro will not take some members of the Technical Committee, such as assistant Matheus Bachi, and club professionals, to the match. They will continue training with the players who will remain in Rio de Janeiro.

With this, the team that coach Tite should start the match with is: Matheus Cunha, Wesley, David Luiz, Cleiton and Ayrton Lucas; Evertton Araújo, Allan and Alcaraz; Matheus Gonçalves, Carlinhos and Lorran.

Meeting before the trip

Despite a certain appeal from the fans, Flamengo is not considering dismissing Tite before the return game of the Libertadores quarter-finals. However, depending on the result in Uruguay, the coach's situation may change.

This Friday (20), in fact, the red-black directors intend to hold a meeting with the coach present, with the objective of evaluating what happened in the first game against Peñarol, at Maracanã. Furthermore, Flamengo's top management also plans to align solutions to reverse the result in Uruguay and achieve classification away from home.

The future of Gabigol is uncertain, but the player should not stay at Flamengo. The statements made by the club's managers, which have even irritated the player, indicate that the end of the cycle is real and a new renewal should not be offered. Therefore, Gabriel must now evaluate possible destinations, after much speculation from Corinthians and Palmeiras. But Everton Ribeiro's Bahia is another possibility.

Flamengo's own idol, Everton Ribeiro, invited his former teammate to join him in Salvador. The midfielder gave an interview to TNT Sports and responded about Gabigol, stating that Bahia would be an incredible destination and that he is counting on his arrival. Furthermore, he passed the responsibility on to the Bahian team's manager, showing himself excited about the possibility.

“It's a great destination. We count on him here. He just says he wants us to make a call. I talk to Cadu (Santoro) and he gives his way. Gabi is a great striker, he has a beautiful story at Flamengo. If he leaves, may he go to a big club like Bahia. If you get here, it will help a lot. I'm sure he has many goals ahead of him in his career”, says Everton Ribeiro.

Ex-Flamengo, Everton Ribeiro did not reach an agreement with Flamengo to remain at the club, seeing his contract end at the end from last season. The same happens with Gabigol, who has a contract until December and did not reach a consensus with the Mengão board about staying.

Bahia appears in the fight for Gabigol

< The matter came up with Everton Ribeiro, but Gabigol's name had already been mentioned in Bahia. Still in July, when Flamengo spent some games during the window without listing the player to help their staff find a destination in Brazil without the number of games in the Brasileirão getting in the way, the athlete was linked to the Bahian club.

< The information, at the time, was brought by the channel Paparazzo Rubro-Negro, which published that Bahia was evaluating the possibility of hiring. The Bahians were fighting at the top of the table and dreamed of another Flamengo idol in the middle of the year, but Gabriel Barbosa remained.

Gabigol, therefore, fulfills his contract, but the news was also that Bahia could wait until December to negotiate directly with the player, just as Palmeiras and Corinthians could also do.