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SAMPAOLI VARY IN FLAMENGO'S LINEUPS, BUT CHOOSE THE SAME PLAYERS - CHECK

See who were the athletes who lost space in the Uruguayan coach's team: Rodrigo Caio, Pedro, Everton and others.

18 Ago 2023 | 07:08 |

Jorge Sampaoli has an impressive characteristic about his management of Flamengo: in 32 games, the coach has not repeated a single lineup. However, that same creativity in the distribution of players on the field does not exist when it comes to the names called up as starters. The Uruguayan has reduced the number of players used throughout the season when compared to what other coaches reveal.

Sampaoli has used 29 athletes since his arrival at Flamengo. Of these, 16 have more than 1000 minutes on the field. The information collected, organized and released by 'GE' indicates that the 5 players with the longest service at the club are Fabrício Bruno, Wesley, Gerson, Matheus Cunha and Ayrton Lucas.

A name that stands out due to the minutes in the last month is Luíz Araújo. The playmaker was hired only in May, for 9 million euros (R$ 48 million at the exchange rate at the time). He was only able to start reinforcing Sampaoli's squad in July and since then he has appeared in 10 games. In total he only has 322 minutes, but that's a lot for someone so new to the team.

Another more recent name is Allan. The midfielder joined the team alongside Luiz Araújo and already has 10 matches with the red-black shirt. He has even more time on the field, with 578 minutes and with many more opportunities to enter the field already in the starting lineup. With a good ball output and great combativeness, it is expected that he will have even more space as a constant in the squad.

As for those who don't have much space in recent times, we should mention Everton Cebolinha, Pedro and Santos. Everton has been losing more space lately, in the last three games Mengão has not left the bench, although in the match against Cuiabá, for example, the coach used a lineup mostly from the reserve.

Pedro is the team's top scorer in the 2023 season, but that doesn't stop him from starting to lose his starting spot since June, when Bruno Henrique returned physically recovered and started scoring a series of goals. In addition, one should not forget about the case of aggression that the striker suffered at the end of July. In the next game of the event he was suspended, for missing a training session.

Goalkeeper Santos, the starter at the beginning of Sampaoli's work, lost his spot to Matheus Cunha in May.

It should be mentioned three players who almost did not play for the coach, which led to his departure in the second half of the year. This was the case of Vidal, Marinho and Matheus Gonçalves. The Chilean left for Athletico-PR in July, already uncomfortable with the treatment he received at the end of his time at Flamengo. He even called Sampaoli a "loser" in one of his first interviews at the new club.

Marinho complicated his own life at the club when he refused to travel to the game with Ñublense in Chile, but apologized to the Argentine in a post made after leaving Rubro-Negro. Already the jewel of the base, Matheus, had been having chances with Vitor Pereira, but almost did not play with Sampaoli. Bragantino signed him on loan, and the boy has started to break free.

And the name Rodrigo Caio cannot be overlooked. He who was a very important figure in the last four years of glory at the club is being left aside in this new stage, mainly due to the large number of injuries suffered.

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Ídolo do Flamengo, Leandro manda recado antes da final da Libertadores

Ex-lateral se emociona ao falar sobre a decisão da competição e espera comemorar o título do Mengão diante do Palmeiras neste sábado (29)

Ídolo do Flamengo, Leandro manda recado aos jogadores e confia no título da Libertadores - Foto: Reprodução/Flamengo TV

29 Nov 2025 | 16:00 |

Ídolo histórico do Flamengo, Leandro voltou a demonstrar a forte ligação com o clube às vésperas de mais uma final de Libertadores. Em participação no MengoCast, da FlamengoTV, o ex-lateral não conteve as lágrimas ao mandar um recado emocionado ao elenco que enfrenta o Palmeiras neste sábado (29), no Monumental de Lima.

Leandro manda recado para elenco do Flamengo na Libertadores: "vocês vão vencer"

Leandro pediu que os jogadores pensem nos torcedores e nas famílias que acompanham o time, reforçando que garra, disposição e concentração serão fundamentais na decisão. Ao final, tomou pela emoção ao afirmar que acredita na conquista do título.

“Tenho muito orgulho do que vocês fizeram, fazem e vão continuar fazendo. Pensem na torcida, nos seus amigos, na sua família e em vocês mesmos. Muita garra, disposição, concentração e empenho, porque muita gente depende de vocês. A alegria dessa Nação”, disse, antes de se emocionar:

“Que ninguém se machuque, que seja um bom jogo. Vamos ganhar! Muita sorte, muita força. Para frente, Flamengo! Mengão até morrer! Vocês vão fazer um grande jogo, vão arrebentar, vocês vão vencer. Vamos com tudo.”

ÍDOLO ETERNO DO MENGÃO

Leandro fez toda a carreira pelo Flamengo e disputou 414 partidas com o Manto Sagrado. Considerado por muitos o melhor lateral da história do futebol brasileiro, fez parte da geração mais vitoriosa do clube, campeã da Libertadores e do Mundial de 1981, além de quatro Brasileiros, uma Copa do Brasil e cinco Cariocas.

FLAMENGO FECHA PREPARAÇÃO PARA A DECISÃO

O Flamengo conclui nesta sexta-feira (28), às 12h30 (de Brasília), no CT da seleção peruana, o último treino antes da final. Filipe Luís deve aproveitar a atividade para ajustar os detalhes e encaminhar a escalação que enfrenta o Palmeiras.

A principal dúvida segue na defesa: Léo Ortiz ainda tem chances de começar entre os titulares. No ataque, a disputa permanece aberta, com Carrascal, Luiz Araújo, Everton Cebolinha e Samuel Lino brigando por duas vagas ao lado de Bruno Henrique. A possível escalação do Flamengo para a final é: Rossi; Varela, Danilo, Léo Pereira e Alex Sandro; Pulgar, Jorginho e Arrascaeta; Carrascal, Cebolinha e Bruno Henrique.

SAMPAOLI VARY IN FLAMENGO'S LINEUPS, BUT CHOOSE THE SAME PLAYERS - CHECK