Coluna do Fla
·22 August 2025
Pedro rallies Flamengo fans for Vitória clash: "No easy games"

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·22 August 2025
Author of a goal in the last game of the Flamengo, Pedro has already turned his attention to the Brasileirão. This is because the number 9 shirt highlighted, on Thursday (21), that the Rubro-Negro will not have an easy life in the next game. However, he believes that the Red-Black Nation will make a big difference against Vitória on Monday (25).
— It's going to be another complicated game, right? The Brasileirão doesn't have an easy game. And as always, we count on the support of the fans who are always present, always supporting us too. And now it's a matter of keeping our feet on the ground, with work, with humility, to try to improve what needs to be improved and maintain the good football and also the positive result, like we've been having in the Brasileirão in the last games. So, it's a matter of giving this sequence and continuing to work to improve more and more -, said Pedro.
The Flamengo was already winning against Internacional by 1-0 at Beira-Rio (2-0 on aggregate), but Filipe Luís thought it was worth more and put Pedro on the field. Soon, the striker entered and scored another goal, which eliminated the Gaúcho team from the round of 16 of the Libertadores.
With this, Pedro reached 25 goals with the Sacred Mantle in 47 games in the Libertadores, which is close to Gabigol, the greatest scorer of Flamengo in the competition, with 30. As a curiosity, Zico, the greatest idol in the history of the club, has 16.
With Pedro available, the Flamengo focuses on the next challenges of the season. So, the Red-Black team takes the field on Monday (25), from 9 pm (Brasília time), against Vitória, at Maracanã, in a match valid for the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.