Rubro-Black scores a goal in each time, wins 2-1 and plays for the draw next Sunday to take the title of Carioca
Flamengo had a goal every time to start in front of Fluminense in the final of the Carioca championship. Therefore, the red-black team won 2-1 on Wednesday 12, for the decision of the decision. Wesleu and Juninho scored the goals Rossi, with Keno discounted to Maracanã. Tricolor went to the marrow in the last few minutes, but he could not avoid defeat.
Unlike the semifinal, Flamengo (champion of the Guanabara Cup) has no advantage of equal results in the state finals. Therefore, a victory of the team of Tricolor with a difference in door in the second game forces the decision on the penalties. The teams face each other again on Sunday 16 March, at 16h, again in Maracanã, to decide the state title.
First time
With the initiative of the shares, Flamengo did not take long to open the markings: after five minutes, Wesley advanced from the right of the attack and ended up outside the area to overcome Fabio, surprised by the ball. Fluminense, however, did not accuse the blow. He reacted quickly when he bet on the arrivals on his hips. Therefore, Tricolor’s team started to control the game and take a lot of danger. The best possibility was from Arias, 34 minutes. The Colombian got the best for four defenders and made his face to face with Rossi, but he sinned in the finish while sending. In the last minutes of the first stadium, black red has balanced the classic in plots led by Gerson and Arascaeta. By showing the reaction, Philip Louis’s team has reduced the rival’s momentum.
Dorival in Maracanã
The coach of the Brazilian team, Dorival Júnior, was present in Maracanã to accompany the classic carioca. Next to the Canarinho commander, there was Juan, coordinator of the CBF, who also accompanied the first game of the final in Rio de Janeiro.
The list of Dorival for duels against Colombia and Argentina on 20 and 25 March for the qualifications of the 2026 World Cup are four Flamengo players: the defender Leo Ortiz, the team Danilo and Wesley and the midfielder Gerson.
Second time
Flamengo tried to evaluate possession in the offensive field against a Fluminense that could not immerse himself as in the first phase. The coach hand Menezes bets on the entrances of Everaldo, Hercules and Riquelme Felipe. Just before being replaced, Cano gave a defender positioning himself in front of the ball in a creeping finish inside the area.
The black red, more present in the attack, expanded at 30 ‘, when Juninho took the area apart from much more in the muffo than in the organization, Fluminense managed to serve the goal of Keno, Head, keeping the duel open to the second game of the final.
Flamengo fluminense 1 × 2
Carioca Championship End (game match)
Date: 12/12/2025 (Wednesday)
Place: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Public and income: 39,120 gifts
Goals: Wesley, 5 ‘/1ºT (0-1); Juninho, 30 ‘/2ºT (0-2); Keno, 42 ‘/2ºT (1-2).
Fluminense: Fabio; Guga (Samuel Xavier, 32 ‘/2nd q), Thiago Silva, Ignácio and Gabriel Fuentes; Otávio (Riquelme Felipe, 24 ‘/2nd Q), Martinelli and Jhon Arias; Serna (Hercules, 17 ‘/2ºT), Cano (Everaldo, 17’/2ºT) and Canobbio (Keno, 32 ‘/2ºT). Technician: Hand menezes.
FLEMISH: Rossi; Wesley, Leo Ortiz, Leo Pereira and Alex Sandro; Pulgar, by La Cruz (Evertton Araújo, 34 ‘/2ºT), Armeta (Matheus Gonçalves, 34’/2ºT) and Gerson; Luiz Araújo and Plata (Juninho, 20 ‘/2nd Q). Technician: Filipe Luís.
Referee: Yuri Elino Ferreira da Cruz
Assistants: Thiago Henrique Neto Corrêa Farina and Gustavo Mota Correia
Var: Jorge Fernando Rabello
Yellow cards: Canobbio, Guga, Samuel Xavier, Martinelli (influence); From La Cruz (Fla).
Red cards: –
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