JOURNALIST SPEAKS ABOUT FLAMENGO PLAYERS: "THEY CAN NO LONGER MAKE A COMPETITIVE TEAM TOGETHER"

Doctor Luiz Antônio Vieira, responsible for Pedro's surgery, commented that the attacker's recovery has been very positive. The surgeon was responsible for reconstructing the anterior cruciate ligament in Pedro's knees — on the right in 2018 and on the left this year. Vieira believes that the player's return will be better than his first injury, which occurred six years ago.

In an interview with 'GE', the doctor, who also operated on Bruno Henrique, detailed the surgical procedure and highlighted the Pedro's physical and psychological qualities and reassured Flamengo fans about the possibility of the striker being present at the Club World Cup, in June next year.

“He was lucky not to have a meniscus injury, so joint rehabilitation is faster. We're still in September, I mean, he'll be there for about eight months, because that's around the time he turns around, between the eighth and ninth month. So I believe he has a chance. He is very dedicated, super focused on rehabilitation, does everything you tell him to, has strong legs, good muscles... I think he has a chance. He will be around the time he would more or less return”, said the doctor.

Luiz Antônio Vieira commented about the way Pedro is mentally dealing with the situation. After suffering the same injury in 2018 to one knee, the attacker now has the anterior cruciate ligament in his other knee torn. The doctor highlighted that Flamengo's Shirt 9 is very calm and sees this as a learning experience for his life.

“He has one good thing: he is quite religious. So he believes that it is part of his life learning, that he had to go through this. He accepted, in a way he resigned himself a little. He said: ‘Doctor, I’ve been through this, I’m going to have to go through it again, it was supposed to be like this, it’s part of my life, let’s face it’. He is super calm about it”, explained Vieira.

In addition, Vieira mentioned the time that Pedro will be able to spend with his twin daughters, who were born just over a month ago.

“He’s at a stage where he just had a baby, right? He has one-month-old twins, so I told him: “Everything in life has a good and a bad side. You will now be able to live with your one-month-old daughters because playing football two or three times a week would be impossible, right”? So let's put it this way, there will be this good part, in quotation marks, of his drama”, concluded the surgeon.

Léo Ortiz is one of the new additions to Dorival Júnior's pre-call for October's FIFA Date. As happened in September, the CBF will use the maximum period of ten days to announce the 23 players who will defend the Seleção against Chile and Peru. However, the preliminary list was already sent to the clubs last Friday. At Flamengo, in addition to Ortiz, there are Fabrício Bruno, Ayrton Lucas and Gerson.

Improvised as a midfielder, Léo Ortiz has been one of Flamengo's highlights in this second half of the year, earning the admiration of the fans. However, in the match against Peñarol, Ortiz was passed over by Tite and started on the bench.

Interestingly, it was Flamengo's current coach who gave Ortiz his first opportunities in the national team. In 2021, the defender was called up for the Copa América, in which Brazil finished as runner-up.

If Ortiz is a surprise, the other three red-and-black players are already household names. Fabrício Bruno and Gerson were in the September squad, and Ayrton Lucas was called up by Dorival Júnior in March.

FIFA regulations allow the 23 players to be defined up to ten days before the presentation, but the clubs that have pre-summoned athletes must be informed 15 days in advance. Therefore, the CBF already notified the clubs on Friday.

Dorival Júnior's official call-up will be announced on September 27th, at the CBF headquarters, in Rio de Janeiro. The players will perform on October 7th, in São Paulo, where they will train at CT Joaquim Grava, from Corinthians, until the 9th, when they will head to Santiago.

Brazil will face Chile away from home in the on October 10th and, on the 15th, they will face Peru at the Mané Garrincha Stadium, in Brasília. Currently, with ten points, the Seleção occupies fifth place in the Qualifiers.

In a year of unprecedented achievements, the Under-20 Boys from the Nest reached another important milestone in 2024: 100 goals scored in 56 games. An average of 1.76 goals per match. With this offensive power, Flamengo goes to Saquarema, in the Lagos Region, to face Boavista in the first game of the Carioca semifinal. The ball rolls at 2:45 pm, at the Elcyr Rezende stadium, in Bacaxá, broadcast by FlaTV.

The century-old milestone was achieved by the U20s in the first leg of Carioca's quarter-finals against Nova Iguaçu, outside the house. Guilherme and Wallace Yan scored in the victory that practically guaranteed Mengão in the semifinals. The goals are counted from the following competitions in which the category was represented: Copa São Paulo de Futebol Junior, Libertadores, Copa Rio, Brasileirão, Mundial and Carioca.

“It’s great to reach these goals. This means beautiful teamwork. We know how to kill the opportunities we have. And on Saturday you can expect a very competitive team that is much stronger than before. We're going to fight to get to the final” said striker Wallace Yan, top scorer in the category who has played in different roles in attack and has 20 goal contributions.

56 GAMES

37 WINS

6 DRAWS

13 DEFEATS

100 GOALS FOR

56 GOALS AGAINST

10 GOALS - WALLACE YAN;

9 GOALS – ADRIEL;

7 GOALS – IAGO;

6 GOALS - FELIPE TERESA, GUILHERME;

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5 GOALS – SHOLA;

4 GOALS - RODRIGUINHO, VICTOR SILVA;

3 GOALS - LORRAN, ZÉ WELINTON;

2 GOALS - DANIEL ROGÉRIO, GUSTTAVO, FELIPE LIMA, MATHEUS GONÇALVES, LUCAS OLIVEIRA, GERMANO, CAIO GARCIA;

1 GOAL - LUCAS SILVA, VICTOR THIAGO, CARBONE, JEAN CARLOS, RAFAEL COUTO, ISAQUE, PEDRO LEMOS, BILL, THIAGO MEDEIROS, PEDRO LEÃO, MENEGATTI, LUIS AUCÉLIO;

10 PASSES - WALLACE YAN;

6 PASSES – GUILHERME ;

5 PASSES – SHOLA;

4 PASSES – JEAN CARLOS;

3 PASSES – FELIPE LIMA, THIAGO MEDEIROS, DANIEL SALES, FELIPE TERESA;

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2 PASSES - VICTOR SILVA, ZÉ WELINTON, LUCYAN, LUIS AUCÉLIO, GERMANO, LORRAN;

1 PASS - CAIO GARCIA, DANIEL ROGÉRIO, MENEGATTI, DA MATA, AINOÃ, IAGO, RODRIGUINHO, GUSTTAVO, GUSTAVO KRUG, PEDRO LEÃO, GERMANO, FELIPE VIEIRA.

In the Carioca U20 Championship, Mengão was led by both Filipe Luís and Raphael Bahia, coach of U20 B. Bahia, In fact, he led the team in more games this year (21 games), and therefore, 40% of the goals scored were with him in the technical area, indicating participation both in the season and in the category's campaign that reached the semi-finals of Carioca.< /p>

Boavista and Flamengo are broadcast exclusively on FlaTV direct from Saquarema, which will be live from 2:15 pm this Saturday (21). Go after them, Mengão!