Flamingo On Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, he won 2-0. Bolivar In the first leg of the round of 16 CONMEBOL LibertadoresIt is a result that hardly gives comfort to the Brazilians who were hoping for a bigger result to secure a calm finish at the altitude of La Paz.
Luiz Araujo opens Flamengo account With a wonderful goal in the 29th minute, Leo Pereira continued to advance. Almost at the end of the meeting.
Flamengo dominated the match. At the Maracana stadium, they were always on the attack but missed many scoring chances.
They were forced to defend themselves, and those led by Argentine Flabio Lobato rarely came close to Argentine Agustin Rossi’s goal.
Efforts by Paraguayans Alfio Oviedo, Ramiro Vaca, Fabio Gomez and Yomar Rocha gave hope to the Bolivians, who were more attacking in the second half and made it difficult for Cariocas to increase the score.
There were many Flamengo players who They shined In commitment, as Louise AraujoUruguay Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Pedro and Gabriel Barbosa “Gabigol”.
also Lamb came out Whose agility prevented Bolivar from ending up crushed like the last time he set foot in the Maracana, also in the Libertadores, but in the group stage, when Flamengo won 4-0.
Flamengo’s first chance came when the ball had just started rolling from a corner kick from Luiz Araujo that Jose Sagredo almost turned into a goal against Bolivar.
The Bolivians’ strong marking did not prevent De Arrascaeta from escaping a counter-attack a few minutes later and Lambe scared the goal with a shot that hit the goalkeeper and was wasted by Gerson.
The most popular club in Brazil, Libertadores champion in 2019 and 2022, managed to scare even in the first half with Oviedo, in a pass to the Paraguayan striker that Fabrizio Bruno ended up stopping.
The smile came to those led by former coach ‘Tite’ in the 29th minute with a goal. A great goal from Luiz Araujo after a play started by De Arrascaeta and continued by Pedro.
The latter, the current top scorer in the Brazilian championship, had a good chance to increase the score in Flamengo’s favour in a counterattack that saw a clear result, but ended in frustration due to discomfort in his thigh that forced him to leave the field.
Gabigol and Carlinhos, who replaced Pedro and Chilean Erick Pulgar, also wanted to expand in the second half.
The chances have multiplied for the Cariocas team with Flamengo hungry for goals to reach La Paz in greater comfort, where they are their worst opponent at more than 3,600 metres.
Feature achieved Leo Pereira almost ended the match with a header after a corner kick by Luiz Araujo.
With Thursday’s win, Flamengo could draw or lose by a single goal at most in the Bolivian capital next week, when the second leg decides who will advance to the Libertadores quarter-finals.
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