CRUZEIRO VOLANTE ATTRIBUTES DEFEAT TO FLAMENGO TO "DETAIL IN THE SET BALL"

The Flamengo beat Atlético-Mg in the MRV Arena and isolated themselves at the top of the Brasileirão with 30 points. The duel against the Mineiros also ended up marking a new beginning for one of Rio's red-black players. That's because striker Carlinhos started the match and scored his first goal with the sacred mantle. In an interview, the player spoke about the moment, the goal and the mourning due to the recent death of his mother.

"(I would say) he is a winner. I'm a guy who never gave up. I lost my mother a few years ago. 15 days, I'm still grieving. It's been difficult, but I have to continue. As I always think, she dressed me in her armor. When she saw that I was ready, she left. me to say this. I know that she is in the arms of the Lord, and that is what comforts me. I want to tell (to Carlinhos at the beginning of the year) that I arrived here due to God's merit and my work", said Carlinhos, at half-time.

Carlinhos made his debut in the first round of the Brasileirão, against Atlético-GO, and then again had the opportunity as a starter against Palmeiras. The striker spent just 45 minutes on the field at Allianz. Carlinhos only played again against Juventude, but only spent four minutes on the field.

The chance to start against Atlético-MG came due to the physical exhaustion of Pedro, who is going through a sequence of games. Carlinhos scored the goal in the 24th minute after a play by Luiz Araújo and Wesley. The full-back shot, but the ball hit the post, and the number 22, well positioned, put it into the back of the net.

This Wednesday (3), Cuiabá fought until the end, but ended up defeated by Botafogo, 2-1, in the Arena Pantanal, in a game valid for the 14th round of the Brazilian Championship. In addition to losing their streak of five unbeaten games, Cuiabá already knows that they will have two absences for the next game, against Flamengo.

Cuiabá entered the field with four players suspended, and two of them received cards yellow and are suspended from the next round. The team's starting midfielder, Filipe Augusto was warned 11 minutes into the second half, for stepping on the opposing player after losing control of the ball.

Who also doesn't face Flamengo is striker André Luís. Reserve from the Mato Grosso team, the player left the bench in the 19th minute of the second half, replacing Clayson, and in the final stretch of the match, in the 40th minute, he received a yellow card after a foul on full-back Cuiabano.

Flamengo x Cuiabá

Flamengo and Cuiabá face each other next Saturday, July 6th, in a game valid for the 15th round of the Brazilian Championship. The match will be played at Maracanã, and the ball starts at 8pm (Brasília time). Initially, the match was scheduled for 9pm (Brasília time), but the CBF confirmed the change in time due to Brazil's game in the Copa América.

Flamengo beat Cruzeiro last Sunday night (30), by the score of 2 to 1. Vice-president of football at Mais Querido, Marcos Braz took the floor in the red-black dressing room before the start of the match and highlighted that every point is important to win the Brasileirão.

"Everyone here has already had some experience in this competition (Brasileirão). I had the opportunity to win three Brazilian Championships. In two of them, it was by a difference of one point One point, two points, three points, are worth an eternity, are worth glory to us. Let's go out here, win to remain leader and understand that these three points are the same ones that you will compete for tomorrow, in the next game, in ten years. games, it's the same three points", said Braz, in a video released by FlaTV.

It's worth remembering that Marcos Braz was Mais Querido's football vice-president in 2009 , when the director participated for the first time in a Brazilian title. Rubro-Negro won the sixth place with 67 points, two more than Internacional and São Paulo.

Soon afterwards, also in the same position, the manager found it easier in 2019. This is because, Rubro-Negro won the heptad, with 90 points, 16 more than Santos and Palmeiras. The following year, in 2020, Mais Querido won the octa with 71.

Now, Mais Querido leads the Brasileirão, with 27 points won in 13 rounds. In this way, the red and black athletes adopt the speech of "38 finals" in each match of the competition.