After the first brilliant time, he opened 2-0, Fla goes badly in the final phase, takes pressure, has a platform and in the end it has the goal. Thin victory
Flamengo beat 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores quarter-finals. This Thursday 18/9, in the crowded Maracanã, the team gave the impression that he would have beaten an amazed rival. After all, he scored a 15 second goal with Pedro. And expanded to eight minutes with a varela. In addition, he lost four clear possibilities in the 45 initial minutes. However, in the second half, Flamengo, after losing two possibilities in five minutes, started giving spaces. And there was one in 39 dish in a very controversial move. So, with one less, he was suffocated and took a goal of Carrillin the end. That is, what was to be a route was a subtle victory.
Therefore, Flamengo will play for a draw in the return game, which will be next Thursday, 9/29, in La Plata, Argentina, to ensure yourself in the Libertadores semifinal. If you pass, you will have to face Vélez Sarsfield or run. But it was clear: the team won, but it was too soft.
. In the first leg, the races, away from home, saw 1-0.
Flamengo taught football in the first half
The game started with the Flamengo marking. The team gave the ball, Pedro received from Tilelost and recovered the division. It is left for the platform inside the area. The Ecuadorian rolled again to Pedro, who, even marked, turned and hit almost falling, playing in the Muslera. And it was fexcited. Saul almost expanded and, eight minutes, the Ayrton Lucas side received from the left, evil from Ramón Gómez. The intersection found the rear of Varela, which took first: a practical lesson on how to work with offensive sides.
And in the first half, Flamengo almost expanded with Pedro (Muslera Saved), Samuel Lino (who passed closely) and Plata (isolated). Everything well worked. Lucky for the estudian, the first half ended only 2-0.
Where is the class in the second half?
The final phase, the fans wanted to continue seeing a show with the ball. But it wasn’t like that. Although Samuel Lino and Plata almost marked before ten minutes, Flamengo seemed to lose the desire to minister good football. It has arrived a few times and still took pressure from Estudiantes. Filipe Luís has changed the attack, but the team has never remembered that of the 45 initial minutes.
And at 38 minutes, Plata was expelled in a very controversial move. The player already had a very contested yellow, in an offer that did not seem to be missing. And in a move he missed, the referee Andrés Rojas applied the second yellow and, consequently, expelled it. Despite the error, VAR has not been called. The way was Filipe Luís to put another defender (Danilo), taking an attacker (Samuel Lino) to retain the result. And was unexpected. To 44, Carrill He almost marked his head, but Rossi saved in a corner. In the collection, the ball is left to Carrill Send it to the net and reduce the score. In addition, he only gave estudio. End of the game: a streamlined victory and a fan annoyed by the arbitration due to the expulsion of Plata.
Flamengo 2 × 1 Estudiantes
Libertadores Final Quarterfinals – Game
Date: 18/9/2025
Place: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Goals: Pedro, 15 seconds of the 1st t (1-0); Varela, 8 ‘/1ºT (2-0); Carrillo, 45 ‘/2ºT (2-1)
FLEMISH: Rossi; Varela) Leo Ortiz, Leo Pereira and Ayrton Lucas; De La Cruz, Saul (Allan, 18 ‘/2ºT) and Armeta (Luiz Araújo, 27/2t); Plate, Pedro (Bruno Henrique, 27 ‘/2nd Q) and Samuel Lino. Technician: Filipe Luís.
Estudiantes: Muslera; Román Gómez, Santiago Nun, Facundo Rodríguez and Arberamendía; Ascacacibar, Ladondain, Piovi (Benedetti, Interval) and Medina; Facundo Faria (Castro, 14 ‘/2ºT) and Carrillo. Technician: Eduardo Domínguez.
Referee: Andres Rojas (Col)
Assistants: Alexander Guzman (Col) and Jhon Leon (Col)
Var: Nicolas Gallo (Col)
Yellow cards: Samuel Lino, Saul, Bruno Henroque and Plata (Fla); Facundo Farias, Santoiago Núñez, Alexis Castro (Est)
Red cards: Plate (fla, 36 ‘/2nd q)
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