Flamengo once again disappointed his fans, who booed him
The carioca group was parked in the third place of the classification
Flamengo gave up a 0-0 draw to Internacional in the middle of the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeirohe lost the opportunity to reduce the wide advantage that separates him from the leader Botafogo and left the field booed by his own fans.
The most popular club in Brazil and current champion of the Copa Libertadores failed to impose its hypothetical superiority against an International that reserved some of its starters for next week’s game in which he will receive the Bolivian Bolívar and in which he aspires to guarantee his place in the semifinals of the Libertadores.
the flamingopressured by his fans since Paraguayan Olimpia left him out of the Libertadores this month, he disappointed his fans againwho booed the players as “scoundrels” both at the interval and at the end of the match.
In a match complicated by rain, both Flamengo and Internacional lacked creativity and They created few opportunities.
After his result this Saturday in a match for the twenty-first day of the League, the carioca group was parked in the third place of the classification, with 36 points, twelve points behind Botafogo (48), which on Sunday can further increase its advantage as leader of the League as it will host weak Bahia.
Flamengo can also lose track of Palmeirasthe second in the standings, with 37 points, which on Sunday will host Vasco da Gama, one of the clubs fighting to escape the relegation zone.
The ‘Mengao’, in addition, it can be surpassed in the classification by its traditional rival Fluminensewhich on Sunday visits Atlhetico Paranaense, and by Gremio, which receives Cruzeiro.
As if the tie wasn’t enough, the team lost due to injuries in the game to the Uruguayan creative Giorgian de Arrascaeta and the striker Luiz Araújo, two of his main players and who were in doubt for the next commitments.
The result puts the Flamengo coach, the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, on the tightrope again, that, after the elimination of the Libertadores and the increasingly distant dispute for the League title, now focuses its hopes on winning the Copa do Brasil, in the final of which it will face Sao Paulo.
For its part, the tie at home and with some substitutes, allowed Inter to rise to thirteenth place in the standingswith 25 points, and move away from the relegation zone.
The Porto Alegre team, however, is still without victory after nine games (four losses and five draws).
Inter could not count on their coach in this Saturday’s game at the Maracanã, the also Argentine Eduardo Coudet, who had to serve a suspension date for having accumulated three yellow cards.
His place was taken by his technical assistant, the also Argentine Lucho Gonzálezwho, despite having started the game with several substitutes, sent some of his figures to the field in the second half, such as the Ecuadorian Enner Valencia and the Chilean Charles Aránguiz.
The priority of “Colorado” is the title of the Libertadores, in which it almost has a guaranteed place in the semifinals after having achieved a 0-1 win in the quarterfinal match on their visit to Bolívar.