Landim acts behind the scenes to appoint portfolios on the club's Board of Directors

Flamengo returns to the field on Thursday (19), when they will face Peñarol (URU) at Maracanã. Therefore, this Wednesday (18), Tite leads the squad's last training session before the first leg of the Libertadores quarter-finals. Furthermore, the coach will define the starting team for the next match.

According to ‘Coluna do Fla’, the Flamengo squad will present itself at 3pm (Brasília time) this Wednesday. At the Ninho do Urubu CT, the players will begin their activities at around 3:30 pm, with full focus on the clash against Peñarol.

During training, Tite will define the starting team that will face the Uruguayan team. Flamengo is still dealing with a series of absences for this match: Everton Cebolinha (rupture of the Achilles tendon), Viña (rupture of the cruciate ligament and fracture of the tibia), Pedro (ruption of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee), Michael (muscle injury ) and Luiz Araújo (cartilage fracture in his right knee).

Despite the absences, Flamengo will have news for the duel. The main one is the return of De La Cruz, who has recovered from injury and should be listed for the match. Furthermore, the team will have the three reinforcements hired in the middle of the year: Gonzalo Plata, Alex Sandro and Charly Alcaraz.

Flamengo is focused on the Libertadores da América and will face Peñarol on Thursday (19), at Maracanã, at 7pm (Brasília time), in the first leg of the quarter-finals. The match will be broadcast on ESPN (closed TV) and Disney+ (streaming) throughout Brazil.

The president of Flamengo, Rodolfo Landim, held the CBF responsible for the serious injury suffered by Pedro during training with the Brazilian team on September 4th. In an interview with "TNT Sports" on Tuesday night, the manager stated that the attacker was subjected to an excessive training load, inappropriate for someone who had just left the medical department.

“The Pedro was coming back from an injury, in fact there was a game he played, and then we released him for the national team. He goes there, has a day of recovery, and then we learn that the load that was applied to him was equivalent to 4.5 km, which is a load, let's say, very strong for when you have a player returning of injury. There is also this transition process, from a type of training within your club to selection. We observed this in the past, when we gave players to the Uruguayan national team, they subjected the players to very strong loads there and they came back injured. It is very difficult to manage this process because you hand the player over to another type of preparation, and this interface management, as much as we have tried to do it in the best possible way, to pass on as much information as possible, sometimes ends up in the type of treatment being left out. from Flamengo leading to injuries”, stated Rodolfo Landim.

Pedro had injured his hamstring of the left thigh on August 15, during the first half of the 2-0 victory over Bolívar, in the Libertadores, at Maracanã. The injury ruled him out of four more Flamengo matches. The number 9, Brazil's top scorer in 2024 with 30 goals (including two in friendlies), was called up by Dorival Júnior while still recovering and returned to the pitch in the 2-1 defeat to Corinthians, on September 1st, days before his departure. present to the Seleção.

When asked about the possibility of signing a new center forward for 2025, Landim reaffirmed the confidence of the football department football in the three current squad options and guaranteed that Pedro will be recovered in time to compete in the Club World Cup in the United States next year.

“The Flamengo has two classic number 9 shirts for this position, Carlinhos and Gabriel, and has also used Bruno Henrique. Regarding Pedro, we will have the 2025 World Cup, which starts on June 15th of next year and runs until July 13th. Considering the recovery time, of course everyone has a different time, but the surgery went well and the medical department thinks the player will be in full condition to compete in the Super World Cup. He will have an eight-month recovery period, it would give him time to arrive after a month of playing, at game pace, to arrive not only with the injury healed, but at game pace. We count on him recovering”, concluded the President.

The protagonist of this story is Túlio Rodrigues, a member of the club and an active journalist on the Coluna do Fla website. In a live broadcast carried out on the aforementioned portal, Túlio did not hesitate to express his opinion about Antônio Alcides, president of Flamengo's Deliberative Council. The controversy had as its central point Alcides' decision to allow the launch of a third shirt, which differed from the one approved by the Council in 2022.

By labeling the president of the Council as 'lax', Túlio Rodrigues triggered a series of events that culminated in a surprising decision last Tuesday. The Commission of Inquiry, created by Rodolfo Landim at the request of Antônio Alcides, decided to suspend Túlio for a period of 60 days.

The decision was not unilateral. The Commission's opinion was submitted for consideration by the Board of Directors, which brings together not only president Rodolfo Landim, but also the club's vice-presidents. In this scenario, the 60-day suspension proposal was approved, imposing a significant pause on the journalist in his activities related to Flamengo.

However, the repercussions were not limited to the temporary suspension. Túlio Rodrigues, in addition to being removed from activities related to the club, lost the right to vote in the elections scheduled for 2024. A sanction that transcends the scope of communication and directly affects the member's political engagement in the future of Flamengo.

As with any controversial script, the outcome of the plot is not yet definitive. The decision of the Commission of Inquiry and subsequent approval by the Board of Directors are subject to appeal. The stage for this last instance is the Board of Directors, whose presidency is held by Bap.

The episode, which began with a disagreement over a shirt, now unfolds into a broader narrative about freedom of expression , political participation and ethical limits within the sporting universe. The plurality of voices and opinions, characteristics inherent to the world of football, highlights the need for a respectful and constructive dialogue between the different actors that make up the Flamengo scenario.

Regardless of the final outcome, the episode serves as a reflection on the intersection between club passion, social responsibility and the political dynamics that permeate behind the scenes of major football clubs. At a time when transparency and partner participation become key elements in sports management, Flamengo finds itself facing a crucial opportunity to strengthen its internal ties and reaffirm its commitment to the plurality of ideas.