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Flamengo won the match against Palestino (CHI) for Copa Libertadores of America last Wednesday (10) and approached a historic record in the competition. If Mais Querido wins the next two matches of the continental tournament, it will become the club with the best winning percentage in the history of the competition.
According to statistics, with 98 wins in 172 games, Rubro -Negro has a 56.97% success rate in the competition, which currently places him with the second highest success rate in the entire history of the Libertadores. The current record is held by Cruzeiro, with 57.22%, which is not competing in the most important tournament in America this year.
Third place is Palmeiras, which currently has a 56.17% success rate. It is worth noting that the numbers consider clubs with more than one participation in the competition. In this sense, Mengão actually has one of the lowest percentages of defeats in the Libertadores.
The Red- Negro lost 22.09% of the games, behind Bahia (21.4%), Tigres-MEX (20.58%) and León-MEX (20%), who played, respectively, three, four and twice the Liberators. In other words, with 20 participations, Flamengo can be considered as the team with the lowest average number of defeats in the continental tournament.
Mais Querido has several important records in the competition, which demonstrate its enormous tradition in the Copa Libertadores. Flamengo holds the title for the largest home audience in a single edition, having registered a total of 516,382 spectators in the six games it played at Maracanã in 1981, when it became champion for the first time in its history.
Another record is having the best performance in a single edition of Libertadores. The incident occurred in 2022, when Rubro-Negro became three-time champion of America under the command of Dorival Júnior and had a 94.87% success rate, with 13 games, 12 victorias and only a draw. It is also worth mentioning that Flamengo scored goals in all of the last 30 matches played in the Libertadores, with the sequence starting on July 14, 2021 and continuing until last Wednesday's clash (10), against Palestino.< /p>
The match marks Carlo Ancelotti's debut at the country's main stadium; The team led by the Italian takes on an opponent with problems and in a bad phase
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The latter was in São Paulo, Ancelotti's first match on Brazilian soil. In other words, the match against Chile will mark the first visit to Rio de Janeiro, in the Italian's second match on Brazilian soil. After facing Chile, Brazil will only have one more game left in the World Cup qualifiers: against Bolivia, away from home, on September 9.
The National Team is in third place in the Qualifiers and has already qualified for the World Cup. So far, they have 25 points in 16 games, with seven wins, four draws and five losses. Argentina leads with 35 points and 11 wins, two draws and three losses.
The red-black team remained one of the main digital powers in the country, with videos surpassing 2 billion views
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The strong participation of Brazilian clubs, including Flamengo, in the FIFA Club World Cup was not only reflected on the field and in the audience on Globo . The impact on social media, especially on TikTok, was also huge.
Recent data obtained by the column shows that the global tournament was the trigger for a surge in interest in content related to national teams on the platform between June 17 and 30. Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Palmeiras recorded significant increases in both views and video publications during the championship period.
Flamengo has remained one of the country's leading digital powers. During the Club World Cup, videos featuring content about the red-and-black club surpassed 2 billion views, making it the team with the highest volume of views among Brazilians on the social network. The number of posts related to the club increased by 150%, consolidating Flamengo as one of the clubs with the highest engagement on TikTok.
After criticism about his reserve at Mais Querido, Pedro becomes the target of analysis by commentator Rodrigo Bueno, who highlighted his bad phase
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Flamengo striker Pedro has been a constant topic in the national sports press due to his current reserve status. After a period of recovery due to a serious injury, the player has not yet managed to return to the performance that consolidated him as one of the club's offensive references. Last Friday (04), ESPN commentator Rodrigo Bueno criticized the athlete's attitude and recent performance.
According to Bueno, Pedro's poor form justifies his current position in the squad. In his opinion, the player is not playing well enough to be a starter for Mengão and, consequently, should not be considered for the Brazilian National Team under Carlo Ancelotti.
“ The program talks, the television talks, and the field talks . And the field is talking: Pedro , you’re not well. Pedro, unfortunately, is a very nice guy, a great player, but this was his second serious injury, right? He had two very serious injuries, and he didn’t come back at the level that was expected, the level that we know he has,” declared the journalist.
Pedro returned to the red-black squad at the beginning of this season after recovering from a serious injury sustained during training with the Brazilian national team. The recovery required surgery and a long period away from the pitch , compromising his sequence of games.
Since then, coach Filipe Luís has preferred to field a more dynamic attack , made up of players with greater mobility, such as Luiz Araújo, Bruno Henrique and Gonzalo Plata. This has meant that the number 9 has lost ground among the starters, despite his history as a top scorer and his strong participation in previous campaigns.
During the Club World Cup , for example, Pedro was called up frequently, but failed to score any goals . Wallace Yan, a revelation from the youth academy, took advantage of his opportunities and scored twice, gaining prominence and more space in the squad.
“Today, both Carlo Ancelotti and Filipe Luís, I think, are not in a position to call him up for the Brazilian national team, and even Filipe Luís cannot put him in the starting line-up, given what he has been showing, or what he has not been showing,” added Rodrigo Bueno.