Party time for Mengão: Flamengo thrash Vasco, enter U17 top zone | OneFootball

Flamengo wins away from Vasco in the 14th round of the Brazilian Under-17 Championship

Beaten at home and professionally. The curse of Vasco da Gama is to be a customer of Flamengo in any dispute. This Thursday (14), with a special flavor: at São Januário. The Red-Black won the rival 3-0, in the 14th round of the Brazilian Under-17 Championship, and entered the G-8.

The first goal of the game happened at 12 minutes of the second half. After a beautiful pass, striker Emanuel Silva let the ball bounce and released a left-footed shot, with little angle. Thus, the ball capriciously hit the post and entered, to the delight of Flamengo.

In the final stretch, at 37', another painting. The number 10 João Vitor received the ball at the entrance of the area, made a sharp cut, left the Vasco defender on the ground. At the time of finishing, the boy was lucky. The shot was bad and was going out, but the ball deflected off an opponent and entered the angle. Red-black party and rival revolt, who had two athletes expelled in the final moments. At 44', it was still time for another one. João Vitor made a spectacular play on the left and just rolled to Victor Hugo, who pushed the ball into the net, practically without a goalkeeper.

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With the result, the Red-Black rose to eighth place in the Brazilian Championship, with 24 points, seven wins, three draws, and four defeats. The Boys from the Nest stuck to the rival, who are now in seventh, with 25. It is important to highlight how the competition's regulation works: the teams face each other in a single round, and the top eight advance to the quarterfinals.

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Now among the top eight and with five rounds left to the end of the qualifying phase, Flamengo will try to maintain its position next Wednesday (20), from 3 pm (Brasília time), in Gávea. The opponent will be the lantern Atlético-GO, who has not yet won in the competition. The team from the Center-West has only three points in 14 games, with three draws and 11 defeats.

TASTE OF REVENGE?

Thus, Flamengo's victory had a taste of revenge. After all, in April, Vasco eliminated the Most Beloved in the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil in the category. In summary: two games at Estádio Luso-Brasileiro, the rivals won in the first leg, 4-2, and in the return, 3-0. Later, the team from São Januário would win the title by beating Bahia in the penalty shootout.

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