FLAMENGO DEFEATS FORTALEZA 2-0 AND PLAYS ON THE POINT OF THE TABLE OF THE BRASILEIRON

On Saturday night (1), Flamengo beat Fortaleza by 2-0, at Maracanã, for the 13th round of the Brasileirão. The goals of the red-black team were scored by Gabi and Arrascaeta. With another triumph, Mengão reached 25 points and touched the leaders of the national competition for good.

The game

Flamengo started the game valuing possession of the ball, exchanging passes from foot to foot . Fortaleza, in turn, was positioned behind the midfield line waiting for the opportunity to go out on the counterattack.

At eight minutes, Lucero was brought down in the area by Thiago Maia and the referee scored the goal. penalty. Pikachu went to charge and Matheus Cunha jumped in the left corner to defend. The red-black goalkeeper shines, who had his name shouted by the Nation!

Soon after, Mengão responded in kind and opened the scoring at Maraca! Arrascaeta crossed in the opponent's area, Gabigol shared with Tinga and completed the first goal for the net: 1 to 0. The number 10 scored his 150th goal with the Manto Sagrado.

At a disadvantage, Fortaleza had to go out more to the attack and created some chances, but Matheus Cunha showed that he was having an inspired day. Around 30', Léo Pereira felt his left thigh and gave way to David Luiz.

Another dangerous move happened at 33'. Gerson received it deep down the left and crossed to Arrascaeta in the area, the Uruguayan hit low, João Ricardo spreads it and the defense moves away for a corner. In a good first half, the Rubro-Negro went to the locker room with the advantage.

O Mais Querido returns for the second stage with two changes: Pedro in place of Gabi, and Bruno Henrique in Everton's vacancy Ribeiro. At five minutes, the second red-black goal was very close. Gerson received it in the area and played back to Pedro, who hit it in the corner. João Ricardo, with the tip of his fingers, took it for a corner.

With the score in their favor, the red-black team adopted the strategy of waiting for Fortaleza in the defense field to go out on the counterattacks, exploiting mainly Bruno Henrique's speed on the left wing.

Until at 18', Mengão extended the score at Maraca! Ayrton Lucas went to the bottom line and crossed in the Fortaleza area, the defense hesitated and the ball was left for Arrascaeta to drop the bomb in the corner to fill the net and make Mais Querido more comfortable in the match: 2 to 0.

In the final stretch, Sampaoli's team managed possession of the ball in the offensive field and even created chances to increase the scoreboard. With the victory, Mengão added 25 points and is following the leaders of the Brasileirão.

Next challenge

Rubro-Negro returns to the field next Wednesday (5) to face Athletico-PR, at 21:30, in Maracanã, for the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil.