The scoring opened with an own goal by Marlon Freitas just two minutes into the match
This Sunday, the main course will be the match between Corinthians and Palmeiras
Flamengo beat the leader Botafogo 1-2 this Saturday, shortened the distance from its rival and recalled the superiority it has on Rio de Janeiro soil in a match for the twenty-second round of the Brazilian Championship, a heart-stopping classic in Rio de Janeiro in which Bruno Henrique and Victor Sá shone.
Those directed by the Argentine Jorge Sampaoli added 39 points and temporarily rose to third placewaiting for the game between Gremio and Curitiba this Sunday, a match in which the Porto Alegre club is the great favorite and can beat Flamengo again.
Despite the defeat Botafogo continues comfortably in the first position, with 51 pointsan advantage of 11 points over Palmeiras, his immediate follower.
An own goal by Marlon Freitas just two minutes into the match opened the scoring in favor of Flamengo and put ‘Glorioso’ on alert, who did not rest and pressed until equalizing with a great goal from Victor Sá.
The definitive advantage came to Sampaoli’s team in the second half with a ball that Lucas Perri could not stop, kicked by Bruno Henrique, whom minutes before they had annulled an annotation for out of place.
It was a balanced meeting in which Botafogo dominated in the first half and Flamengo in the second with wasted goals like the one attempted by the Argentine Víctor Cuesta that ended up going over Matheus Cunha’s goal.
The strategy of putting the recently recovered Tiquinho Suárez at the start of the game in an attempt to secure an early lead It didn’t work out for Portuguese coach Bruno Laje, although the current Liga scorer did his best.
The meeting this Saturday was marked by the tension of the fanswhich hours before the game staged riots in three neighborhoods of the city, with 12 detainees and three injured.
The events forced the authorities to reinforce security actions around the Nilton Santos stadiumfor which the participation of some 700 uniformed officers was already planned.
In other games of the day, Atlético Mineiro gave up a draw against Athletico Paranaense in a match in which Vitor Roque finished as a hero after scoring the ‘Furacão’ goal.
The young promise from Paranaense, signed by Barcelona, who played as a starter, was more enthusiastic in the complementary game, although he missed several opportunities to extend the score.
This Sunday, the main course will be the match between Corinthians and Palmeiras, a classic from São Paulo in which riots among fans can also occur, something that was warned this week by the Prosecutor’s Office, which asked to postpone the game for security reasons, a request to which they turned a deaf ear.