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After four victories in a row, Flamengo saw the end of the sequence in the Brazilian Championship. Without a performance, Rubro-Negro lost 2-0 to Ceará tonight, at Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza, for the tenth round. Luiz Otávio and Charles scored the goals for Vozão.
With his sights set on the commitments for Libertadores, coach Domènec Torrent made six changes to the team in relation to the classic against Fluminense. Without brilliance, the current champion was outmatched by an efficient Ceará on dead balls.
With the result, Flamengo misses the opportunity to stay in the international leader and falls to fourth position, with 17 points. Ceará, which has won again after two defeats, is ninth, with 13.
Now, Flamengo is concentrating on two matches in Ecuador for the Libertadores – against Independiente del Valle, on Thursday (17), and Barcelona de Guayaquil, on 22. Already Ceará faces Brusque, on Wednesday (16), for the fourth phase of the Brazil Cup.
Vina shines with two assists
It was Vina’s feet that gave up the two assists for Ceará’s goals tonight. With two precise crosses from the right, the midfielder left his teammates in good condition to build the victory at the start of the second half.
Vitinho makes many mistakes
Vitinho took no risks in the starting eleven this Sunday. Despite being quite unchained by the left side, especially in the first stage, the striker was unable to give the necessary intensity to help Flamengo tonight. In a series of wrong decisions, on more than one occasion he broke the rhythm of the attack. He was replaced in 32 minutes for Lincoln to enter.
Flamengo has warm first time
Flamengo was far from having a good first half. The team controlled the game, it is true, but it did little to open the scoring. Without intensity, Rubro-Negro became predictable in the face of a null offense from Ceará, but well placed in defense. The best opportunity came in the 11th minute, when Isla crossed from the right and Gabigol, free, headed wide. In general, not excited.
Ceará decides the break
If the first part of Flamengo was bad, the rest of the interval could not be worse. In ten minutes, it was 2-0 for Ceará. First, Luiz Otávio took a corner kick and climbed between two defenders to head to goal. Then it was the turn of Charles, who appeared within the area and completed a cross to enlarge.
The dome keeps the wheel and changes six
Aiming at the commitments for the Libertadores, Flamengo started the game this Sunday with six changes in relation to the team that started the classic against Fluminense on Thursday. Without Filipe Luís and Arrascaeta (forgiven), in addition to Gérson (sanctioned), Dome promoted César (recovered from covid-19), Léo Pereira, Renê, Willian Arão, Michael and Vitinho among the starters.
End of sequence
The result in Fortaleza marked the end of Flamengo’s winning streak at Brasileirão. Before Ceará, the team led by Dome came from victories against Santos, Bahía, Fortaleza and Fluminense. Today, he let out the “corner”. The team has not lost since August 12, when they lost 3-0 to Atlético-GO.
DATA SHEET
CEARÁ 2 X 0 FLAMENGO
Date and Time: 09/13/2020, at 6pm (Brasilia time)
Local: Castelão, in Fortaleza (CE)
Arbitration: Marielson Alves Silva (BA)
Auxiliaries: Alessandro Rocha de Mattos and Jucimar dos Santos Dias (BA)
WHERE: Marcio Henrique de Gois (SP)
Yellow cards: Ricardinho (CEA)
Goals: Luiz Otávio, at 4 minutes, Charles, at 10 minutes of the second half
Ceara: Fernando Prass; Samuel Xavier, Tiago, Luis Otávio and Bruno Pacheco; Ricardinho and Charles; Fernando Sobral, Vina (Lima) and Leandro Carvalho (Mateus Gonçalves); Cléber. Coach: Guto Ferreira
Flamengo: Cease; Isla (Matheuzinho), Léo Pereira, Gustavo Henrique and Renê; Thiago Maia (Diego), Willian Arão and Everton Ribeiro; Michael (Pedro), Vitinho (Lincoln) and Gabigol. Coach: Domènec Torrent
