Important victory for the Garotos do Ninho U-16 in the Flamengo Adidas Cup. Playing this Wednesday (13), the red-blacks recovered from the negative result in the last round, and beat Colo Colo, 2-0, at CT George Helal (Ninho do Urubu). Lucas Vieira and Fred scored for Mengão. Midfielder Ryan Roberto was named the best player of the match and received the trophy from an Adidas representative.

The team led by coach Raphael Bahia, which leads group 1 with 6 points (2 wins and 1 loss) will have a rest in the fourth round. The U-15s will return to the field this Thursday (14), at 10:45 am, against São Paulo.

In the match simultaneous to today's game, Cerro Porteño drew 2-2 with Midtjylland from Denmark. 

The goals

5 minutes of the 1st half

Midfielder Ryan Roberto, making his first start for the team, unleashed a powerful shot from the edge of the box, which hit the crossbar. The opposing goalkeeper fumbled the rebound, leaving Lucas Vieira with no choice but to tap it into the back of the net.

21 minutes into the second half: after a precise pass from Ryan Roberto, Fred (who came on in the second half) scored Flamengo's second goal, closing the score.

Escalation
Leo Nannetti; Wanderson, Yago, Johny and Luiz Phellipe; João Victor, Lucas Vieira, Joshua and Ryan Roberto; Douglas Telles and David Viana.

Entered: Pablo, Fred, Camargo, Giovanni, Guilherme, Alan Santos and Gabriel Santini.

Coach: Rafael Bahia.

Technical sheet
Flamengo U-16 2 x 0 Colo Colo (CHI) – third round - Flamengo Adidas Cup U-16
Location: Vulture's Nest
Date and time: 13/12/2023 at 9:XNUMX PM