Flamengo beats Fluminense in the Carioca Women's Under-20 match

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.

On Saturday afternoon (28), Flamengo took no notice of Botafogo and ran over their rival in the debut of the Rio Under-20 Women's Football Cup. The match was in Gávea and Rubro Negro had a great performance and won 5-0, including the famous "chororô".

The match got off to a strong start, with the two teams studying each other a lot. The first goal only came in the 29th minute, after a play on the right side, Gica pushed it into the back of the goal to open the scoring. With an advantage, Mais Querido expanded 15 minutes later, at 44', with Ana Laura, who came face to face with the goalkeeper and finished with some tranquility.

In the second half, the Meninas da Gávea They demonstrated that they were technically superior and expanded the score with ease. At 10', Mariana Fernandes scored the third from a penalty, conceded by Ingrid. Shirt number 10 hit hard and gave the goalkeeper no chance.

In the 19th minute, Pimenta scored a great goal. The number 7, known for being controversial, received it on the left, left the defender on the ground, resisted the contact and finished in the left corner. During the celebration, the player provoked her rival from Rio by making the famous chororô.

In the 45th minute of the second half, Rubro Negro was already 4-0 in favor and ended up slowing down and managing the score. However, at 48', Nina Garrit, debutant of the day, scored the fifth and was moved to tears. At the end of the match, she gave an interview to FlaTv.

“Very emotional, very happy for this moment. I dreamed about it. I'm coming from a very difficult injury, everyone knows, and I'm grateful to God, without him I wouldn't be able to do it. I am a miracle, I wanted to thank my family who is here, and this is Flamengo, it is very Flamengo. It's the least Flamengo can expect from me, a lot of drive, dedication and lots of goals. I'm here for this, at the club's disposal”, said Nina, before completing.

“Thanks to my team because we worked hard this week, a lot since the beginning of the year. We were dreaming about this game, thanking the committee and congratulating everyone. Classics are not played, classics are won and we played our part. Now it’s time to rest for the next game,” she said.