Coluna do Fla
·3 de agosto de 2025
Filipe Luís without 8, 3 at risk for Flamengo v Ceará in Brasileirão

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·3 de agosto de 2025
This Sunday night (03) promises strong emotions for the Flamengo fans. That's because the Most Beloved faces Ceará, in the 18th round of the Brasileirão, at the Arena Castelão. For the match, coach Filipe Luís has eight absences and three players suspended.
In summary, for the match against Ceará, Flamengo cannot count on: Pulgar (foot surgery), Danilo (right thigh), Michael (left ankle), Everton Cebolinha (tendinitis), Luiz Araújo (load control) and Matheus Cunha (patellar tendinitis in the left knee). Finally, Pedro and Wallace Yan are serving a suspension due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
In addition to the absences, Flamengo is on alert for the three players suspended in the match with two yellow cards. Thus, if Allan, Jorginho and Léo Pereira receive the third yellow card, they will miss the Most Beloved in the 19th round of the Brasileirão, against Mirassol, next Saturday (09).
Among the absences and suspensions, coach Filipe Luís will have important reinforcements for the match against Ceará. That's because the red-black coach related Saúl Ñíguez, Emerson Royal, Samuel Lino and Victor Hugo for the first time in the dispute of the Brasileirão 2025.
Flamengo and Ceará play the 18th round of the Brazilian Championship starting at 6:30 pm (Brasília time) this Sunday (03). The match takes place at the Arena Castelão, in Fortaleza, with live broadcast on Premiere, on pay-per-view.
Currently, Flamengo is the leader of the Brasileirão, with 36 points accumulated in 16 games played. Cruzeiro, in second place, has 34 and one more game than the Most Beloved. Finally, Ceará, Rubro-Negro's opponent this Sunday (03), is in tenth place, with 21.
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