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Shola gets emotional with Flamengo fans and Filipe Luís highlights the importance of the striker

Nigerian is a fundamental part of the under-20 team and has been training with the professionals

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Nigerian Shola is one of the highlights of Flamengo's under-20 team. The striker was the scorer of one of the goals in the Libertadores final and helped the red and black team become champions of the competition. With this, Mais Querido won the opportunity to perform at Intercontinental Under-20, the Club World Cup for young people, and counts on the talented African to lift this trophy again.

Shola He was delighted with the red and black fans in an interview with the 'GE' portal. The striker had the opportunity to see the Nation in his first relationship between the club's professionals against Botafogo last Sunday (18). The Flamengo fans' love for Mais Querido was what surprised the Nigerian the most.


“They are very passionate about football. They support the players, the team in every game, whether professional or under-20... It's wonderful. It’s a lot of love, it’s crazy”, said Shola, who sees in the red and black fans the possibility of achieving fame with their work. “I think about it often (about being famous). I will probably be a famous person in Brazil. One of the reasons why I am the first African at Flamengo's base. Everyone, everywhere, on social media, talks to me about it.”


Despite the shyness and little knowledge of the Portuguese language, communication has not been a problem for the Nigerian. Coach Filipe Luís is one of those who communicates the most with the attacker. For ‘GE’, the former red and black full-back praised Shola, pointed out his main characteristics and guaranteed that the young man is a differentiator for his team.

“He is a player who already has a very marked game characteristic, which is speed, he has good one-on-one skills. You need space to be able to perform well. He has been assimilating well, has been growing a lot and is a player who has also demonstrated that he can play in other positions and perform various functions. He sacrifices a lot for the team. So, I really like it. It's a pleasure to work with him, because he really is one of the differences, perhaps the biggest difference in our team, because he is a very dangerous, lethal player and gives us every possibility of playing with the ball. Combined play, but also play in a transitional way if necessary”, said the coach.


In July, Flamengo entered into an agreement to buy 70% of the economic rights of Nigerian Shola, who is at the club on loan since April 2023. The transaction will cost around 450 thousand dollars, approximately R$2.4 million at the current exchange rate. The striker now lives in anticipation of when he will have the opportunity to play with coach Tite's main team. The player already trains with the top group and is registered in the Libertadores.

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Total pride! Brazil ends participation in the Paralympics with the best campaign in history

Medal by medal, Brazil and Italy fought for the top 5 of achievements

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Brazil ended its participation in the Paris Paralympics this Sunday (8) with its best campaign in the history of the competition. According to the objective established by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, the Brazilian delegation in Paris broke the record for medals in a single edition of the Games, with 89, achieved the highest number of golds, 25, and secured the unprecedented top 5 in the medals table.

It was not easy to secure fifth place. After spending the first few days among the five best countries at the Paralympics, Brazil came to occupy eighth place in the medals quarter at the end of Thursday (5), four days before the end of the Games. But from Friday (6) recovery came. With four gold medals won, Brazil reached seventh place and came up against France and Italy, which would become the great opponent for fifth place.

Medal after medal, Brazil and Italy fought for the top 5 in the table of medals. On Saturday (7), Brazilian athletes secured the country's best day in the history of the Paralympics with six golds, three silvers and seven bronzes, and sixth place in the classification. With such a performance, Brazil surpassed the 72 podiums and 22 gold medals from Tokyo 2022, achieving its best campaign in both categories.


However, it still lacked a position in the top five. The Italians had 24 gold medals, one more gold medal than Brazil, and slept in fifth place. That would change this Sunday morning (8).


In the first events of the last day of the race, Brazil won two more gold medals and overtook Italy. First, Fernando Rufino was champion in canoeing, winning gold in the 200m VL2 and leaving the countries tied. The race also had another Brazilian on the podium. Igor Tofalini finished in second place and took silver. Then, in the event that would bring the top 5 to Brazil, Tayana Medeiros broke the Paralympic record by lifting 156kg in the 86kg category and took gold.

Italy did not win any competition and no longer competes in competitions. Thus, Brazil guaranteed its best campaign in the history of the Paralympics. The great Brazilian highlights, as usual, were athletics, which reached its 200th medals won, and swimming, with 36 for the first and 26 for the second discipline.



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Brazilian team trains with four absences and Flamengo defender

André, Guilherme Arana, Lucas Paquetá and Vini Júnior did not go to the field on Sunday

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The Brazilian team welcomed defender Fabrício Bruno this Sunday, but even so, coach Dorival Júnior did not have the complete group for training in Curitiba. Physically worn out, left-back Guilherme Arana, midfielders André and Lucas Paquetá and striker Vini Júnior were absent from the activity held at Athletico-PR's Caju training center.

According to the CBF, the quartet was only out of training due to load control and has no injuries. This way, Dorival will only have training this Monday to prepare the squad to face Paraguay. The duel valid for the eighth round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers will take place on Tuesday, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at the Defensores del Chaco stadium, in Asunción.


Summoned up to replace Éder Militão, cut , Fabrício Bruno arrived in Curitiba this Sunday morning and, in the afternoon, he went to the field with his teammates. The press was only able to follow the first 15 minutes of the activity.


This Monday, Brazil plays the last work before the match against Paraguay. Then, embark for Asunción. After beating Ecuador 1-0 last Friday, the Seleção occupies fourth place in the Qualifiers, with 10 points, eight less than leaders Argentina.


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Alex Sandro says he is well and reveals inspiration in former Flamengo full-back

Player said upon arrival at the airport that he hopes to get on the field as quickly as possible and that he has great affection for Mais Querido's idol

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On the arrival of Alex Sandro to Rio de Janeiro to join Flamengo, the player told FlaTV that he is physically well and that he hopes to be available to coach Tite as soon as possible. The full-back had been training at Portimonense, a club in the south of Portugal, and thanked those responsible for the team for opening the doors so he could maintain his fitness.

“I feel good, confident. I did a great job at Portimonense, I thank my friends responsible for the club. It was where I was very happy to be able to continue my evolution physically, technically. Now it’s time to get there, talk to the teacher, the doctor, the physical trainer, to really see when the beautiful debut date will be”, said Alex Sandro.


The full-back said he had been following Flamengo for a long time. small and that it is impossible to be in the world of football without keeping an eye on Mais Querido, and he assured that he is very happy to be part of the club, which wants to honor the Sacred Mantle and sees a good evolution in Brazilian football in recent years.

“It is impossible for a football player not to follow Flamengo. Since I was a boy in Bom Pastor de Catanduva I have been following. I think Brazilian football is undergoing great evolution and Flamengo is one of the clubs that is causing this. Today the Brazilian Championship is in the eyes of the whole world. Not just Flamengo, but other big teams too. But Flamengo really is something inexplicable. Wearing this mantle is a pride, an honor to be part of the Flamengo family”, he pointed out.


The player also revealed that he has a former red and black full-back as a great inspiration. Filipe Luís sent a message to Alex Sandro on social media and Mengão's new number 26 says he has great affection and admiration for Mais Querido's current under-20 coach, and that he tries to mirror his game in that of his idol. fans.

“Filipe Luís is a brother to me, a person I have always respected. He was always my mirror. Not only in the Brazilian National Team, but since Atlético de Madrid I always watched him how he played, because I always wanted to learn as much as possible from my teammates and everyone I know”, he concluded.




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