
Soccer
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Next Saturday, the 2nd, Flamengo will face Botafogo in a match valid for the 22nd round of the Brazilian Championship. The clash between the two teams is scheduled to take place at Estádio Nilton Santos, starting at 9 pm (Brasília time). Currently, the alvinegro club leads the competition with an advantage of 11 points over second place. However, Botafogo expressed discontent and made complaints about the
The dispute arose on Sunday, the 27th, after Botafogo won a 3-0 victory over Bahia. During a press conference, coach Bruno Lage expressed regret over the time gap between his team's games. He highlighted that before facing Flamengo on Saturday, Botafogo also has an appointment against Defensa y Justicia in the middle of the week, scheduled for Wednesday.
“I just feel sorry that the next game (for the Brasileirão) or on Saturday. Which is strange, because all the teams that have been playing on Wednesday usually go back to playing on Sunday. Unfortunately, only one team will play on Wednesday, the other team will not play. And they scheduled the game for Saturday”, said Bruno Lage, before adding:
“I don't see any country in Europe where this happens, such an important game in which a team doesn't have the same or at least the minimum recovery time to play the game in the best conditions, but that is already the interest of each competition, there are interests that eventually speak louder than what would be a well played game with the ideal recovery time between matches Wednesday and the game to be played on Sunday”, he said.
Therefore, despite the rival coach's complaint, Flamengo and Botafogo face each other this Saturday, in an important confrontation for the Brazilian Championship. Living a bad phase, with performances that do not excite their fans, Jorge Sampaoli's team will need to overcome themselves against the leader, away from home.
The Merengue team is looking for a place in the semifinals of the tournament and takes to the field this Saturday afternoon (5), in a clash against the German team
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On Saturday afternoon (5), Real Madrid, with former Flamengo player Vinícius Júnior , takes to the field in search of a place in the Club World Cup semi-finals. The Merengue team faces Borussia Dortmund at 4 pm (Brasília time), in New Jersey. See below where to watch live.
Real Madrid advanced to the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup after beating Juventus in the round of 16. In their last five matches this season, Vini Jr's team have won four and drawn one, the same number as Borussia Dortmund. The German team beat Monterrey in the last round.
Therefore, fans who want to watch the Merengue team in another Club World Cup match will have four options. This is because the match will be broadcast on TV Globo, an open channel, SporTV, Cazé TV, on YouTube and DAZN.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Alexander-Arnold, García, Rüdiger, Dean Huijsen; Tchouameni, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham; Arda Güller, Gonzalo Garcia (Mbappé), Vinícius Júnior . Coach: Xabi Alonso.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Bensebaini, Süle and Anton; Ryerson, Pascal Grob, Nmecha, Sabitzer and Svensson; Adeyemi and Guirassy. Coach: Nico Kovac.
The new player of the Gaucho team spoke about the match against Mais Querido, which will be played on August 13th and 20th, in the continental competition
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Still in debt to Flamengo , Internacional announced last week the signing of right-back Alan Benítez, the new reinforcement for the team from Rio Grande do Sul for the rest of the season. Thus, in a press conference, the player projected the match against Mais Querido in the round of 16 of the Libertadores.
Alan Benítez previews game against Flamengo: "Football is collective, it doesn't depend on just one player".
He continued: "I'm here to contribute everything I can here, but all my teammates have to want that too. I think we're all up to the task of what Inter is, of the club's history. We're going to do our best to try to get past Flamengo ," said Alan Benítez at his presentation this Friday (4).
So, before thinking about Internacional , in the coming weeks, Flamengo will face a marathon of games in the Brasileirão. The sequence starts on the 12th, against São Paulo, at Maracanã. Soon after, Mais Querido will face Santos, with the location still to be defined. On the 20th, Mengo will play the classic against Fluminense.
Thus, the Flamengo squad begins preparations for the match against São Paulo, on July 12, at 4:30 pm, at Maracanã. The match will be valid for the Brazilian Championship, where Mais Querido is the current leader, with 24 points.
The former player of Mais Querido sent a message to his fans and recalled the reaction of the red-black fans when he was suspended
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After talking about his decision to leave Flamengo , striker Gabigol received good news last Friday (4). The player was acquitted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) of the accusation of cheating on a doping test when he was still playing for Rubro-Negro. With that, the player used social media to vent and recalled the reaction of the Mais Querido fans and his fans.
“Justice was served. But the wound remains. These were almost two of the most difficult years of my life, when I was unjustly accused, accused of something I never did. No prohibited substance was found, but they still wanted to punish me for an alleged “attitude”. I saw my character being questioned, my word being discredited, my family suffering, my fans divided.
I carried the burden of being seen as guilty before I was even tried. I experienced the pain of seeing potential new paths closed and young people who look up to me confused about who I really am. CAS today acknowledged the obvious: that there was no fraud, that there was no tampering.
Justice for justice is not persecution. I hope that my case serves as a reflection so that no athlete, or anyone else, ever goes through what my family and I went through. I leave this process with my head held high, but with the certainty that I will never forget those who walked with me. The truth always prevails! ”
It is worth remembering that Gabigol was punished in March 2024, after being accused of trying to cheat on a doping test. Amidst the confusion, the player managed to be released to train with the squad the following month and returned to the field in the game against Amazonas.
However, Gabigol was only able to get rid of the accusations once and for all this Friday (4). Thus, the former Flamengo player remains free and unpunished from any other FIFA measure related to punishment for attempted doping fraud.