IN THE MARACANÃ MIXED ZONE, BRAZ OPENS THE GAME ON THE LIBERTADORES DRAW AND GABIGOL CASE IN SWITZERLAND "WE HAVE GOOD MOTIVATIONS..."

On Sunday night (30), Flamengo beat Cruzeiro by a score of 2-1, in the 13th round of the Brasileirão. However, for the midfielder and captain of the Minas Gerais team, Mais Querido's victory happened because of "details". , but in a dead ball situation we conceded a goal. But it's keeping our heads up, we did positive things. Cruzeiro was scored by midfielder Matheus Pereira. Furthermore, the red and black fans noticed an irregularity in the Minas Gerais team's goal. This is because midfielder Lucas Silva touches the ball with his hand, but the referee ignores the infraction and validates the goal.

With Mais Querido's victory Against Cruzeiro, Flamengo isolated themselves at the top of the Brasileirão, with 27 points. Furthermore, the round was good for the club, as Bahia and Botafogo stumbled. This Monday (1), Palmeiras closes the 13th round in a game against Corinthians.

So, with everyone at their disposal, Flamengo now focuses on the 14th round. Mais Querido faces Atlético-MG, on Wednesday (3), at Arena MRV, in Minas Gerais. The ball starts at 9:30 pm.

Flamengo isolated themselves at the top of the Brasileirão this Sunday night (30), after beating Cruzeiro 2-1. For the confrontation, Tite could not count on Gabigol, who was removed from the list of related players by the Mais Querido football department. After the game, Marcos Braz opened up about the player's removal.

"Flamengo preferred to remove Gabriel afterwards, but also in a conversation I had with his manager, we had a long conversation after the interview that he gave and we understood that Gabriel has already played five games here", began Marcos Braz, shortly after Flamengo's victory against Cruzeiro.

"If he played here today, he would no longer be able to but even travel with the club if he wanted to or if he had any proposals from Brazilian football. We made the choice to reach this moment now, as the businessman also said he wanted to listen and look for some new paths, we will wait for that. wouldn't make this impossible here", added the Flamengo director.

Last Friday (28), Gabigol's businessman revealed that he rejected a renewal proposal with the Most Dear. Furthermore, the player has received inquiries from other Brazilian teams and could sign a pre-contract with another club this Monday (1). Grêmio, Santos and Palmeiras are some teams interested in the player.

"Of course, this has time. We think that this will be done in 10 days, making it clear that Gabriel trains with the group, he trains at the same time, there is no problem whatsoever in relation to Gabriel's day to day life, he is being treated with the greatest respect in the world, we just chose a more direct and straightforward way for him to not complete the sixth or seventh game so as not to send a warning about any situation here in Brazil, which today there is still nothing, just to make it clear", concluded Marcos Braz.

Therefore, if no proposal arrives from another team for Gabigol, the player will once again be listed for Flamengo's games. However, it is possible that the number 99 will be absent from the team again in the match against Atlético-MG, next Wednesday (3), at Arena MRV.

With Varela serving for the Uruguayan national team in the Copa América, Wesley once again assumed the role of Flamengo's starting right-back. After an encouraging start in 2023, Wesley fell from production, got involved in some off-field confusion and ended up being relegated to the position of permanent reserve for the Uruguayan full-back.

But the fact is that neither Wesley nor Varela move on to the red and black fans the security they want for the position and the fans dream of having a full-back as competent as Rafinha again in his time at the club between 2019 and 2020.

Tite seeks a balance in the setup of the squad and knows that his left side, with Ayrton Lucas and Matias Viña, is much stronger than his right side. However, the red-and-black coach defined a box-to-box midfielder and a right winger as priorities. Flamengo's football board is still in the market looking for options on the right flank and knows that the fans' demand is for a full-back who definitively solves the problem in the sector.

For this reason, the board understands that the name must be well studied and that the signing, if it happens, must be to put an end to the problem definitively, remedying the judicious will of its fans.

Khleven, formerly of Atlético-PR, who is now at CSKA da Russia, was surveyed recently, but the great performance of the 23-year-old right-back in his first season for the Russian team made him value it and today the values ​​are outside of what Flamengo understands to reinforce itself in the next window.

Gonzalo Montiel is another name that has always interested Flamengo's board and the Red and Black fans approve.

Returning from a loan from Nottingham Forest, Sevilla has not yet defined what the athlete's situation will be. With the retirement of Jesus Navas, the Argentine defender could gain another chance in the Spanish team.

Recently, Montiel said he wanted to remain in Europe, whether at Sevilla or another club, and that the moment he decides to return to South America, River Plate will be your priority.