Opportunity! Who can benefit from this end of the year at Flamengo?

O Flamengo will have the final stretch of the Brazilian Championship as a kind of laboratory for 2025. The club sees the end of the season as an opportunity to give some players rotation, minutes for injured players and resolve the last issues regarding renewals.

Fla has five games left until the end of the year. This Wednesday, they will faceCuiabá at Arena Pantanal,at 7pm. Then, they face Fortaleza away, Inter at home, Criciúma away and finish against Vitória at Maracanã. Without goals in the Brasileirão, the club must avoid pushing the envelope in some situations. Arrascaeta, for example, underwent the arthroscopy he needed and will only return in 2025. Gerson is another who will be evaluated game by game, as he had been acting with pain for some time and is also facing a marathon with the national team Brazilian.

Other players have the chance to establish themselves in the team and give a message for 2025. These are the cases of Alcaraz, Michael and Plata, the last reinforcements signed and who have not yet managed to remain in the team. In the case of the Argentine, Fla understands that he needs integration and minutes to return in the best possible way next season, something similar to that the club designed with Rossi.

It is also the chance for Flamengo to evaluate the renewals. Evertton Araújo is already negotiating the extension, David Luiz is in the last days of his contract to decide whether he will stay for next year. Names like Pulgar, Varela, Matheus Cunha and Cleiton are also waiting for a conversation to understand whether to renew the contract, currently valid until December 2025.

Filipe Luís doesn't necessarily think about saving, but he has a lot of absences. The coach has had to rotate the team due to the long list of athletes out. Against Cuiabá, Flamengo should not have Gabigol, away, Erick Pulgar, De la Cruz, Luiz Araújo and Carlinhos, still without training with the group. In addition to them, Pedro, Everton Cebolinha and Viña are out of the season. The coach's idea is far from giving a vacation.

With election In December, some themes are still open. Possible negotiations of athletes targeted by the market, signings for 2025, preparation, renewals, among other topics, will still go through the new president.

Minutes for injured people

Those who can benefit from the lighter period are the injured ones. The idea is that De la Cruz and Luiz Araújo end the year with a few minutes, but already thinking about 2025.

Neither of them is training with the group. De la Cruz is the one who has the best chance of returning soon, as he had a serious injury, but with a shorter time to return. Luiz Araújo was even included in the Copa do Brasil final, but only for an emergency. He will make a gradual comeback. The initial forecast was that it would be available for the last two rounds.

Boys gain space

With experience in the youth categories, Filipe Luís will bring some young people into his daily life. Nigerian Shola finally made his debut for the main team against Atlético-MG. Other names have appeared among those listed recently. Daniel Sales, Da Mata, Zé Welinton, Fabiano, Guilherme and Iago were on the bench in the last two rounds of the Brazilian Championship.

Some who were already in the professional ranks became absolute starters. Cases of Wesley and Evertton Araújo, who end the year on a high. Matheus Gonçalves also got minutes again, which rarely happened with Tite.