Flamengo beats Ceará and prevents Atlético-MG title

In the first match after the defeat to Palmeiras in the Libertadores Cup final, Flamengo showed strength and beat Ceará 2-1, at Maracanã stadium, and prevented Atlético-MG from achieving the title of the Brazilian Championship this Tuesday night -Monday (30).

Game over at Maracanã! With goals from Gabigol and Matheuzinho, Mengão beats Ceará by 2-1, for the Brasileirão! #CRF #VamosFlamengo pic.twitter.com/xCVfWtaqMN

— Flamengo (@Flemish) December 1, 2021

With the victory, Rubro-Negro reached 70 points, in the vice-leadership, and prevented Galo, who has 78 points, from screaming the champion on Tuesday, when there are still three games to go, both for Rubro-Negro and for the mining team. Vozão was in 8th position, with 49 points, after the setback.

Pushed by more than 47 thousand fans, Flamengo started better, and opened the scoring after 2 minutes of the match, when Diego Ribas disarmed Fabinho at the entrance to the area and found Gabriel Barbosa, who beat placed to beat goalkeeper João Ricardo.

Rubro-Negro continued to command the match, and even increased in the 21st minute with Bruno Henrique, but the goal was disallowed. So, who returned to swing the nets, but in the second half, was Ceará, with Rick in the 25th minute.

However, Flamengo wanted to stay alive in the fight for the title of the Brazilian Nationals, and got it in the 33rd minute, when Matheuzinho took advantage of the ball to hit very hard.

The team from Gávea returns to the field for the Brazilian on Friday (3), when it visits the already relegated Sport. Two days later, Ceará receives América-MG.

Text translated using artificial intelligence.