FAILED? IN THE LANDIM MANAGEMENT, ONLY ONE COACH MANAGED TO STAY AT FLAMENGO FOR MORE THAN A YEAR

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.

Abel Braga was the coach to win Flamengo's first title after the arrival of Rodolfo Landim in charge of Flamengo. In all, Landim has 11 titles as Red-Black, and the very first was the Campeonato Carioca 2019, alongside Abel Braga. In an interview with 'Lance!', the coach recalled his moments at Mais Querido and justified his controversial choice to leave Arrascaeta on the bench.

"No I put him in the starting lineup because there were Arão, Diego, Everton Ribeiro. What was the other one? Cuéllar. Are you crazy? That's the best midfielder I've seen play. I did everything and a little more now for him to come to Vasco. Before the World Cup and before the final in Saudi Arabia. But anyway, Flamengo's attack was also like that, with Bruno Henrique. I asked him for it", he revealed.

"I knew Mano Menezes (former coach at Cruzeiro, at the time of Arrascaeta) and Dudu (former physical trainer). I called Dudu and asked: 'Man, Arrascaeta in training is a genius'. He told me He said: 'Abel, everything you are seeing, he did on Cruzeiro. But it took a year and a bit to do it, he is very introverted'", he continued justifying. Despite putting the midfielder on the bench, Abel also praised the player.

"At that time, I had a very good midfield. Willian Arão he was in an extraordinary moment. In addition, he had Cuéllar, Everton Ribeiro and Diego Ribas. Diego was in the starting lineup and was injured right after Jorge Jesus arrived. Arrascaeta is not a good player, he is an exceptional player", concluded. With the departure of Abel and the arrival of Jorge Jesus, the Uruguayan became the absolute holder of Mengão.

As in the Jorge Jesus era, Arrascaeta continues to be very used by the current coach of Rubro-Negro, Jorge Sampaoli. The player returns to the field under command of the Argentine this Saturday (26), at 18:30 (Brasília time), in Maracanã. Seeking to take the leadership of the tournament, Flamengo faces Internacional for the 21st round of the Brasileirão.