In a match valid for the Women's State Futsal Championship, Rubro-Negro beats Vasco

Mariana Land and Eduardo Vieira

Sports Journal

The girls from Vasco and Flamengo played a very competitive match yesterday in Gávea

The small crowd that turned out yesterday afternoon at the Gávea gymnasium was able to witness Flamengo's impressive victory over rival Vasco in the Rio de Janeiro Women's Futsal Championship. The home team gave their opponents no chance, winning by a resounding 8-2. With this victory, Flamengo is one step closer to qualifying for the next stage of the competition.

Despite playing at their opponent's home ground, Vasco was undaunted early on and attacked Flamengo, engaging the red-and-blacks with a strong play. Flamengo, however, refused to let the Vasco da Gama's play increase, and began a comeback.

Emotion\ In the 11th minute of the first half, Flamengo's Gleice missed a great chance in front of goal. But 30 seconds later she succeeded and opened the scoring. Soon after, Tati scored the second, due to a poor marking by the opponents.\

Trailing, the visitors called a timeout, but to no avail. Shortly after the restart, Flamengo stole the ball in midfield, and Gleice scored again, making the first half 3-0.

"The rivalry between Flamengo and Vasco is always there, and it ends up being a factor that motivates us to seek victory. I'm very happy to have been able to do everything my coach instructed me to do and that I trained. We had a lot of desire and determination the whole time, and that's how we achieved this victory. The next games should be very difficult too, and we'll continue training hard to stay strong in the competition and treat each match as if it were a final," said Gleice, one of the team's standouts.

In the second half, the Vasco players came back more motivated. But their eagerness to score the first goal got in the way, and they conceded another penalty.

Vasco still managed two goals, one own goal and one from Rebeca. But the comeback didn't last long, and Flamengo scored three more, rounding off the rout.