IMPRESSIVE! FLAMENGO'S PROFIT SINCE 2019 HAS BEEN SO BIG THAT IT IS LOST ONLY TO BAYERN

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.

Defender Matthijs de Ligt had the ''ungrateful'' task of scoring none other than Vinicius Jr. in the two Champions League semi-finals between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. The Bavarian team lost 2-1 to the Whites, this Wednesday (8), at the Santiago Bernabéu, and said goodbye to the dream of reaching the final. And even after the painful fall, the German defender made a point of praising the Brazilian striker.

''He's an incredible player. For me he is, perhaps, the best in the world. He is extremely fast, extremely good with the ball. He can score goals one on one, one of the best players in the world... So I had to be very, very, very sharp, very concentrated. What I say is that he is an incredibly good player,'' De Ligt told ESPN.

Hero of the Merengue classification, Joselu also surrendered to his teammate. “Vini goes winning the Ballon d'Or, he is super important for us, he unbalances the opponents, he is very decisive. When he's having a good day, he's the best. Today too, an incredible performance against the Bayern defense. I only played 10 minutes, but he stayed 90 minutes and what he managed to do is fundamental", highlighted the striker, scorer of the two goals Real Madrid in the match.

In Spain, the country's main media outlets went crazy with Vini Jr. “He is uncontrollable. He is imperial. Say what you want, but from the final whistle he started to dribble and create goal chances without stopping", wrote the newspaper As. relative ease during the game", he continued.

"In the 2nd half, he looked like the Devil on the field. [...] Real Madrid was pure Vinicius, until Joselu appeared", he added. Now, Real decides to play Orelhuda against Borussia Dortmund on June 1st, at 4pm (Brasília time), at Wembley.