The Chilean Arturo Vidal debuted this Sunday with the Flamengo shirt, leaving his mark in the victory over Avaí for the Brasileirao.
Arturo vidal had its debut in Flamengo this Sunday, in the 2-1 victory of the ‘rubronegro’ team in their visit to Hawaii by the date 19 of Brazilian.
The ‘King’ began the duel on the substitute bench and jumped onto the field in the 78th minutewhen the score was 2-1 at the Aderbal Ramos stadium.
The two-time champion of America with La Roja replaced Everton Ribeiro and left his mark from the first minute. He took over midfield and had a couple of key comebacks, like the one that allowed the counterattack for the final 2-1.
But the duel was not easy for ‘Mengao’. The local team became strong in defense and grouped many names to prevent the attacks of the visitor, who managed to make the goalkeeper work anyway Vladimir.
Already in the second period, Avaí jumped onto the court with a different disposition and thus found the opening of the account. Arthur Chaves took advantage of a cross from Nathanael and opened the scoring at 47 ‘to the delight of the local fans.
The joy would be short-lived. Just 8 minutes later, Pedro overcame the local defense and found the key to put the partial 1-1.
An expected, anticipated, dreamed meeting… accomplished! What a debut, King! ❤️????#VamosFlamengo
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— Flamengo (@Flamengo) July 24, 2022
Few but enough minutes for Arturo Vidal
In the 78th minute, the income of Arturo Vidal and Rodini they gave another air to ‘Fla’, who was looking everywhere for victory.
The Chilean quickly took control of the midfield, ordering his teammates and putting pressure on the rivals. That allowed him to recover several balls and generate counterattacks.
This is how Pedro’s second goal arose. At 84′, Gabigol led a charge and enabled De Arrascaeta who, despite confusing the play a bit, ended up centering for Flamengo’s ’21’, who only pushed the ball with his head.
With the victory, the ‘Mengao’ reached 30 points and is sixth in the Brasileirao table, 6 units behind the leader Palmeiras, who still has to play by date 19 of the tournament.
It had a premiere! Arturo Vidal is on the field for the first time with the Flamengo shirt ???? pic.twitter.com/Dza1yfvnLO
— ge (@geglobo) July 24, 2022
