EVERYTHING DEFINED! FERJ RELEASES DATE OF FLAMENGO'S NEXT MATCH IN THE CARIOCA CHAMPIONSHIP

The Peñarol (URU) team was excited from the beginning of the trip to Rio de Janeiro, where they will face Flamengo, in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. In addition to cheering the players on the flight towards the 'Marvelous City', the Uruguayans posted a montage of Christ the Redeemer with the club's flag.

As soon as they landed on Rio de Janeiro soil, the Uruguayan club published an image of a of the city's main tourist attractions. In addition to the photo, the team wrote the following message: “Peñarol em Rio”, alluding to Rock In Rio. Afterwards, a video showing the arrival of the athletes at Galeão Airport was also published.

Peñarol reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores after beating The Strongest (BOL) in the round of 16. In the first game, the Uruguayan team defeated their opponent 4-0. On the way back, the Bolivian team even won by a score of 1-0, however, it was not enough to take away the classification of Diego Aguirre's men.

Before the game against Flamengo, Peñarol played in the Championship Uruguayan. On Saturday (14), Rubro-Negro's opponent beat Rampla (URU), by a score of 4 to 0. Given this situation, they remained undefeated in the national tournament.

Flamengo is coming off a bitter draw with Vasco on Sunday (15), however, they will have reinforcements for this Thursday's duel (19). Recovered from a thigh injury, De La Cruz is back in the team. In addition to the Uruguayan, Alex Sandro, Alcaraz and Gonzalo Plata were registered in the competition and, as a result, will be included in the clash.

Last Tuesday, the candidate for re-election for mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, denied the journalist Ancelmo Gois, from Globo. In a post on Instagram, the mayor informed that the city hall will be responsible for removing the megastructure on the gas meter site, different from what was reported. Furthermore, he guaranteed that Flamengo will have its new stadium, with the best conditions and security.

The news published by Ancelmo informs that Flamengo would have to pay R$100 million to remove a large gas structure present on land acquired by the club, which is owned by CEG and CEG-Rio, which are companies that are part of the gas concessionaire Naturgy.

According to the article, the companies were informed that Flamengo is the responsible for bearing the expenses, as provided for in one of the annexes to the land purchase and transfer contract. The clause, however, does not have a specified limit.

Paes stated that the values ​​for the transfer of the structure are different from what was pointed out in the article by Ancelmo Gois. Furthermore, it exempted Flamengo from any responsibility, and that the city hall has been planning to remove it for years.

“They are making me defend @flamengo more than I would like: let it be clear that this is not the The cost of this transfer and when it happens will be the responsibility of the city of Rio, which knows that this structure cannot be in an area that is already receiving so many residential buildings. It's been in our plans for a long time! Flamengo will have its new stadium there in the gasometer with all the quality and safety that the region demands and deserves. Period!”, published the mayor.

Flamengo faces Fortaleza, this Thursday, at Maracanã, and needs a victory to maintain its isolated lead in the Brasileirão. The draw with Cuiabá made Rubro-Negro reach 76.19% of success as home team in the competition - an average similar to the last champions since the implementation of running points.

Analyzing the champions between 2006 and 2023, the average success rate at home was 78.3%, with 44 points scored on average. Until the 15th round, Flamengo played seven matches at Maracanã: five wins, one draw and one defeat. Which corresponds to 16 of the 31 points that make the team occupy the lead.

If they maintain their performance until the final stretch, Flamengo has everything to compete for the Brazilian title. And, to stay in the fight, there is the match against Fortaleza to once again assert the home advantage. The last triumph at Maracanã came from the head of Fabrício Bruno, scorer of the winning goal against Cruzeiro.

Flamengo is the leader of the Brasileirão with 31 points won, one more than Botafogo who occupies second placing. Palmeiras also has 30 points, but Alvinegro has an advantage on goal difference. This will be Rubro-Negro's last game with the Copa América players missing (Varela, Viña, De la Cruz and Arrascaeta).