FLAMENGO BEATS RIO DE JANEIRO IN THE U-20 WOMEN’S RIO CUP

On Thursday night (19), Flamengo hosted Peñarol at Maracanã for the first leg of the quarter-finals of the Copa Libertadores da América and came out with an unfavorable result. In front of more than 64 thousand fans, the team led by Tite had several opportunities, but failed to score.

The Uruguayan team took advantage of one of the few chances and, with a goal from Cabrera, secured a 1-0 victory. Now, Mengão will need to reverse the deficit in the second leg, scheduled for next Thursday- fair (26), in Montevideo.

This Thursday's defeat puts the Rio team in a delicate situation. To guarantee qualification to the semi-finals, Mais Querido will need to win by two goals at the Campeón del Siglo Stadium. A simple victory will take the decision to penalties, while any other score guarantees Peñarol's place. The result was even more painful for the club, as Flamengo has not lost at Maracanã in Libertadores competitions since 2019, also to Peñarol.

The return game is full of expectations, mainly due to the historic rivalry between the two teams in the South American competition. The winner of this duel will face, in the semifinals, the winner of the clash between Botafogo and São Paulo. On the other side of the bracket, there are River Plate (Argentina), Colo-Colo (Chile), Fluminense and Atlético-MG, which makes the path to the final even more competitive.

FLAMENGO AND PEÑAROL RETURN TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Before the decisive match for the Libertadores, both teams have commitments for their national leagues. CRF travels to Porto Alegre to face Grêmio, next Sunday (22), at 6:30 pm, for the Brazilian Championship. Peñarol faces Cerro, also on Sunday, at 7pm, away from home, in the Clausura of the Uruguayan Championship.

Flamengo entered the field on Thursday night. With a packed Maracanã, Tite's men played the first match of the Libertadores quarter-finals against Peñarol (URU). The objective was to play a good game and take an advantage for the return game, next week. In this sense, the Rio team ended up disappointing the more than 60 thousand paying guests at the stadium and lost 1-0, in one of the team's worst matches of the year.

Summary

Peñarol It started well and Peñarol soon showed that it would play on the red and black error. Therefore, the Uruguayans opened the scoring after 12 minutes, with Cabrera, in a counterattack. Soon after, Flamengo responded with Plata's header hitting the post. But the red and black team had difficulty creating chances. In the final stretch of the first half, Flamengo grew and had great opportunities to draw. Bruno Henrique, alone, headed over goalkeeper Aguerre, who also made a great save from Arrascaeta's shot.

In the second half, Flamengo came back even better, but came up against the strong Uruguayan marking and the lack of creativity to reach the opponent's goal. Tite moved the sides, which gave Flamengo more speed, however, it had little effect due to a terrible night from Arrascaeta and De la Cruz. As a result, the result did not change and now Flamengo needs to reverse the situation away from home next week.

What now?

With the result, Flamengo will need to win by at least two goals to guarantee one of the places in the Libertadores semi-finals. The match takes place in Uruguay, next Thursday. However, Fla needs to turn the key, because there is a Brazilian Championship game to play on the weekend. Tite's men will face Grêmio, away from home, next Sunday, at 6:30 pm;

The women's under-20 team Flamengo qualified in heroic fashion with two goals in a row at the end of the game against São Paulo. They had lost the first match 1-0, and in the return, they won by two goals difference. Pimenta and Ingrid gave numbers to the scoreboard. Now, Meninas da Gávea will face Internacional, in the semi-final of the Brasileirão Feminino category. The game

In the first arrival of Rubro-Negro, Gica hit a shot, but the goalkeeper saved it. With Meninas da Gávea on the attack, Cerqueira took a perfect corner to Núbia and she headed it very dangerously over the opponent's goal.

Flamengo continued to look for the result. At 33', Mariana made a good move on the left and left it for Anna Luiza to finish. The defender managed to get it over the line, playing for a corner, which was taken with a rehearsed play, and Gica headed the ball off the crossbar. At the end of the first half, Emilly led the way on the right and took a long shot to the outside. Halftime of the game tied without goals.

Right after the second half, the Meninas da Gávea started with everything. Duda took the shot and it fell to Gica on the penalty spot, but the attacker finished over her opponent. In the next move, in the seventh minute, Emilly made an excellent individual play on the right, bringing the ball to the middle and finishing from outside the area with a deflection. . The ball went very close to the goal.

At 20', Gica finished well and the goalkeeper sent it to a corner. During the charge, Mariana headed the ball wide of the opponent's goal. Eleven minutes later, after another corner, Mariana was again in danger from the dead ball. This time, the ball went over the crossbar.

The Meninas da Gávea continued trying at all costs to get their first goal, until Pimenta's star shone. Ingrid scored with Gica, who played for the number 19 shirt to open the score: 1 to 0. In the next move, with the red and black team at the best moment of the game, Cerqueira hit a free kick in the area and Ingrid, who gave the pass to the The first goal made the classification: 2-0 for Flamengo.

In stoppage time, in the 47th minute, Duda Rodrigues hit a free kick against the crossbar. In the last play of the game, Duda Rodrigues again hit the crossbar. With the result, Flamengo guaranteed qualification for the semifinals of the Brasileirão U20.

Meninas da Gávea will face Internacional in the first leg of the semi-final of the Brazilian Under-20 Women's Championship, in Gávea, with no date set yet

Isa Cruz; Emily, Barraca (Laysa), Núbia (Lorena) and Diovanna (Carol Martins); Cerqueira, Anna Luiza and Mariana (Larissa); Duda Rodrigues, Pimenta (Nicole) and Gica.

Elu; Kédima, Ana Beatriz, Julia and Gi; Camila, Ana Júlia and F.Acosta; Vitorinha, Késia and Milena.F.

Flamengo 2 x 0 São Paulo - Return game of the Quarter Finals of the Brasileirão Feminino Sub- 20

Location: Gávea – RJ

Date and time: 07/19/2024 at 3pm

Arbitration: Luciana Mafra Leite (RJ), Jessica Marciely Laurentino Brasil Guimaraes (RJ), Nayra da Cunha Nunes (RJ) and Alan Trindade da Silva (RJ)

Goals: Pimenta (FLA) and Ingrid (FLA)