Flamengo had a gold option to shorten distance with palm trees in the Brasileirao, following the team from São Paulo drew 2-2 with Bragantino on Saturday. In the maracana faced Ceará, an approachable rival since it is 14th among 20 casts.
For that, DT Dorival Junior had a different formation than the one that thrashed Vélez Sarsfield in the middle of the week, in Copa Libertadores, considering that on Wednesday they must play the rematch in Rio de Janeiro.
That gave Erick Pulgar the opportunity to be a starter for the first time in the tournament, while Arturo Vidal was once once more a reserve in the Rio de Janeiro cast.
Despite the superiority shown in the first part, Mengao suffered a bucket of cold water at the end of the first half, since the visit was brought forward through Jo.
That led the coach to make a substitution festival in the second half, as he brought in four players, including Arturo Vidal. Thumb stayed on the pitch.
The bet seemed to pay off, since at 53′ Gabriel Barbosa appeared at the mouth of the goal to make it 1-1. And the road seemed to be paved when Jo went from hero to villain in Ceará, when he was sent off for insulting the referee at 62′.
With a lot of time ahead of them, Fla turned visiting goalkeeper Joao Ricardo into a figure, as he stopped many shots and the crossbar helped him when he was beaten. With the idea of further reinforcing the attack, Dorival replaced Erick Pulgar in the 80′, to make way for Matheus França.
The scoreboard did not move and, moreover, Gabigol was sent off for a double yellow card in stoppage time, so he will not be able to play once morest Goiás next weekend.
Flamengo was left with 44 units, seven behind the leader Palmeiras, missing a good chance to get closer to the top of a Brasileirao that still has 13 long rounds to play.
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This Sunday continues the day of great games for the date 25 of the Brasileirao and one of the great meetings of this day, has as animators the Flamengo of Arturo Vidal and Erick Pulgar receiving Ceará at the Maracaná.
Key duel for the “Mengao” who remains unstoppable and will seek to close the date close to the leader Palmeiras. Let’s remember that two days ago the team from Rio faced the verdao and equaled one, however, on the following date they beat Botafogo by the minimum and deducted valuable units from Kuscevic’s team, who only equaled once morest Fluminense.
In addition, the Fla had action during the week for the Copa Libertadores, beating Vélez Sarsfield in the first leg of the semifinals by a resounding 4-0 in trans-Andean lands, thanks to a triplet by Pedro (31′, 61′ and 83′ ) and a conquest by Éverton Ribeiro (45+1′), a duel that had Vidal and Pulgar as substitutes, but who entered the complement.
Undoubtedly, a great present has the team commanded by Dorival Junior, who with his victory once morest Fortín reached an undefeated fifteen games in all competition, while his rival on this date does not come well, Ceará registers three draws and three defeats in their last duels, placing in 15th place with 27 units, two from the relegation zone.
Day and time: When do Flamengo vs Ceará play?
Flamengo vs Ceará play this Sunday, September 4 at 10:00 AM in Chile.
Online: Who streams Flamengo vs Ceará live?
To watch the match between Flamengo and Arturo Vidal live, as well as all the Brasileirao matches, you can do it at STAR+.
