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Mattos says that the number 99 shirt doesn't usually perform well where Pedro plays in the current scheme
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Gabigol will probably be Tite's choice to replace Pedro, who suffered a serious injury during the Brazilian team's training, in Coritiba, last week. With this, the number 99 will once again have opportunities as a starter and will need to prove to Tite that he can once again be important for the team.
In participation in Uol's Flamengo Live last Monday (9), columnist Rodrigo Mattos said that Gabigol cannot be appointed as a direct replacement for Pedro.
The journalist said that Gabigol doesn't usually perform well in the place where Pedro plays in Tite's current formation, with three attackers. During the striker's most prominent period at the Rio club, he played in schemes with two strikers - sometimes as the most advanced, sometimes further back.
"Gabigol's characteristics are very different [from Pedro's]. He couldn't play like that. He always played poorly in the middle of two wingers. He could adapt with Gabriel in the Arrascaeta role and Bruno Henrique as a center forward, with the wingers open and returning to score and form the midfield. Arrascaeta returns", said Rodrigo Mattos.
In short, whether this is true or not, we will only know from next Thursday, when Flamengo hosts Bahia, in the second leg of the quarter-finals. Brazil Cup final. In the first match, the Rio red-black team won 1-0, with a goal from Bruno Henrique after a corner kick.
The teams play the first game of the quarterfinals at 7 p.m.
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Tite defined Flamengo and announced the 11 starters who will face Peñarol, this Thursday, at Maracanã, at 7pm. De la Cruz returns to the starting lineup in place of Léo Ortiz, and Alex Sandro and Plata were retained. The duel with the Uruguayans is the first between the teams in the quarter-finals of the Copa Conmebol Libertadores.
Follow the Red and Black lineup:Rossi, Varela, Fabrício Bruno, Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro; Pulgar, De la Cruz, Gerson and Arrascaeta; Plata and Bruno Henrique.
Alex Sandro and Plata, debutants in last Sunday's classic, remain in the team after having good performances in the draw against Vasco. Gabigol is now out of the relationship due to fibrosis in the posterior muscle of his right thigh. Flamengo, in a statement, reported that the athlete did not suffer any injury in the region. Check it out:
"The Clube de Regatas do Flamengo informs that the athlete Gabriel Barbosa underwent tests that did not diagnose an injury to the posterior muscle of his right thigh. However, the Technical Committee opted for precaution and did not list him for the duel against Peñarol due to fibrosis in the region. Gabi is handed over to physiotherapists and physical trainers for the series of decisive games of the season."
Match starts at 7pm this Thursday
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Flamengo faces Peñarol (URU) in the first game of the CONMEBOL Libertadores quarter-finals and, here, you can watch the broadcast, live, with 2h30 of pre-game, interviews, the team's arrival at Maracanã and everything more.
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