📹 Flamengo win opener, lead Club World Cup group with Chelsea | OneFootball

At Lincoln Financial Field, in Philadelphia, home of the Philadelphia Eagles, from the NFL, Flamengo made its debut in the Club World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Espérance, from Tunisia.

The huge technical difference was enough to surpass the natural nervousness of any debut and thus guarantee the first red-black triumph in the tournament.

Thus, still in the first half, Arrascaeta - shirt 10 and great highlight of the season - opened the scoring completing Luiz Araújo's assist.

After opening the scoring, Rubro-Negro slowed down the pace and waited for Espérance to launch themselves more into the attack, which did not happen.

After the interval, the Tunisian team started to want to "get into the game", but Jorginho's brilliance appeared - a reinforcement for the Club World Cup.

In a play on the right, the Italian-Brazilian midfielder, ex-Arsenal, found a beautiful pass in the area for Araújo, who kicked and scored.

With the victory guaranteed, Flamengo again slowed down the pace to not wear out the athletes more.

🚦 How it stands

With the victory, Flamengo reached three points and shared the leadership of Group D with Chelsea, who beat Los Angeles FC also 2-0. The Brazilians lead only by the difference in yellow cards.

In the next round, Rubro-Negro faces Chelsea, again in Philadelphia, on Friday (20). Flamengo then ends its participation in the first phase by facing Los Angeles FC, on Tuesday (24), in Florida.

According to the Club World Cup regulations, the crossing of the round of 16 is that "classic" of the Cups of selections: the second-placed team in one group faces the first-placed team in another.

In other words, whoever finishes first in Flamengo's group will face the second-placed team in Bayern Munich's group, Benfica, Boca Juniors, and Auckland City.

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