Flamengo wins Coxa, 1st win with Ceni, and sleeps leader of the Brazilian

On Saturday night, Flamengo played well again, beat Coritiba 3-1 and will sleep at the top of the Brazilian Championship. The victory was Rubro-Negro’s first under the command of Rogério Ceni, who repeated the strategy and style of Jorge Jesús’s team in 2019. The goals of the match were Bruno Henrique, Arrascaeta and Renê for the home team, and Mattheus charged for visitors.

With 39 points, the new leader of Brasileirão will now dry off Atlético-MG, who will face Ceará, in Castelão, tomorrow (22), at 4:00 p.m. Galo has one point less than Fla, but with one more victory, he returns to the lead if he draws with Vozão. Even so, the victory after four games without a win is a boost for Rubro-Negro, who gains morale for the confrontation with Racing, for the second round of the Libertadores. The first game is on Tuesday, at 9:30 p.m., in Avellaneda, home of the Argentines.

More than the important victory in the fight for the Brazilian title, Flamengo’s performance was inspiring. By far the best and most organized of the “Ceni era,” the performance was also due to Coritiba’s lousy play, which is fighting relegation. In 18th place, Coxa has 20 points on the table and can finish Round 22 in penultimate position if Botafogo scores against Fortaleza at Estádio Nilton Santos.

Arrascaeta commands attack and is the best in the field

Flamengo had a great performance, but among the many individual highlights, one star shone more than the others in the red-black constellation: Giorgian De Arrascaeta. The Uruguayan striker returned to his original position, open at the edge but floating behind Bruno Henrique and Vitinho. “À la 2019”, number 14 oozed technique and vision of the game with perfect passes and also scored a great goal to command the attack of Rogério Ceni’s team. The best in the countryside in Maracanã.

Lightning target

In the interview at the edge of the pitch before the game, Rogério Ceni said that he would try to “repeat what worked in 2019”, referring to the scheme with Éverton Ribeiro and Arrascaeta wide open at the ends, with two speedboys infiltrating inside. Without Gabigol, Vitinho was Bruno Henrique’s attacking partner. And just like the perfect year that passed, Flamengo started the game in an overwhelming way.

The clock ticked just over two minutes when the red and black attack shook the nets. Bruno Henrique advanced at great speed and crossed Arrascaeta. The ball went a little over the point, but the Uruguayan managed to fix it by lifting his head and crossing the ball perfectly to make the 27 jersey rise over his back and blow Wilson’s net in a strong header to open marker.

1st time in training pace

The opening goal encouraged Flamengo to finally get back to playing well. In his upright and objective style, Rubro-Negro de Ceni resembled that of Jorge Jesús, although the opponent imposed little or no resistance. Weak, Coritiba watched Fla perform at a training pace. What was seen after the home team opened the scoring was a retry: 12 submissions, nine very clear chances, with two balls off the post and three incredible lost chances by Bruno Henrique, Arrascaeta and Vitinho inside the penalty area.

Coritiba builds strategy, but little aggression

With three men behind, two wings, and men with an open front, Coxa tried to replicate the strategy that usually works against Fla: scouting defense early with shots behind defense, trying to take advantage of speed against the slow red wingers. especially in the absence of Rodrigo Caio. Rodrigo Santana’s strategy was there, but the execution was very bad. Between the lines, Giovanni Augusto got lost and contributed little to Robson and Osman, who felt the need for a centralized man to complete movements from the open spaces. On the right, Maílton even tried, while William Matheus was very bad on the other side. Nothing went well and the team attacked very little.

Arrascaeta increases goal by goal

At 26, Fla was already dominating the game when Arrascaeta, the best in the field of the night, scored a great goal to increase the score in Maracanã. The Uruguayan concluded a beautiful attack by Fla: Éverton Ribeiro and Vitinho triangulated until the ball reached Isla, who crossed as a pass to shirt 14 to hit Wilson’s corner and run to celebrate.

Fla takes her foot and loses chances, but makes the third

The good performance in the first part made Fla take off the accelerator a bit in the second stage. Even so, the team continued to lose many chances, again with Bruno Henrique. With the game controlled and Coritiba better placed in defense, Rubro-Negro increased the possession of the ball and created many chances, but the attackers did not take advantage of it. It took a defender to attack to make the third: Renê advanced on the left, a table with Vitinho, invaded the area, cut and put a right into Wilson’s corner to score another beautiful goal.

Ex law in the lights out

With his foot on the brake after a great performance, there was still time for the former law to appear in Maracana. On the last play of the game, Mattheus moved down the left and kicked into the corner, without chances for Diego Alves. Born in Flamengo, Bebeto’s son did not celebrate his goal.

Everton Ribeiro receives the 200 jersey

Midfielder Everton Ribeiro made 200 appearances for Flamengo and, to celebrate the brand, received a shirt with the number on the back of President Rodolfo Landim’s hands. The player arrived in Gávea in June 2017.

Protest tracks and Maracana without sound

Despite fighting at the top of the table, Flamengo entered the field under pressure after being eliminated in the Copa do Brasil. In the stands of the Maracana you can see tracks with words of protest, such as “we want respect” and “Brazilian is an obligation.” In addition, the stadium did not receive the official sound system with chants from the public as in other matches of the coronavirus pandemic. The explanation is the “difficult” moment experienced by the team.

Strength, Thiago Maia

Before the ball rolled, the Flamengo players got together and posed for a photo with the number 33 shirt, worn by Thiago Maia. Yesterday (20) Rubro-Negro announced that the steering wheel will have to be operated on the left knee. Maia, on loan from Lille, France, has a contract until the middle of next year.