In the most successful year in the history of its youth football, Flamengo never tires of shouting "We are Champions"! This Saturday morning (14), the Garotos do Ninho U-13 and U-15 teams were undefeated champions of the Aldeia Cup, a high-level national competition held in the city of Camarangibe, Pernambuco, at the well-structured CT do Retrô, and increased to 24 the impressive number of titles won by the Mengão youth team in 2019.

The U-13 team, led by coach Leonam Kasali, took the field at 9:19 a.m. with a record of four wins in four games on the road to the final against Corinthians. The São Paulo team took the lead in the 23th minute. Focused and composed on the field, the "Garotos do Ninho" remained unfazed and turned the game around with top scorer David's equalizer in the 100rd minute. The match was very even, but three minutes into the second half, Arthur Manoel scored the second goal for "Mais Querido," securing the title with a XNUMX% success rate.

"It was a top-level competition, featuring great teams from all over Brazil. I leave here very happy with the collective and individual performance of our athletes, and for having already demonstrated efficient and mature football in the U-13 category, winning five excellent matches against well-qualified and organized teams. It will certainly be of fundamental importance in the development and development of our athletes," said coach Leonam Kasali.

Soon after, the U-15 team, led by coach Mario Jorge, took the field for the category final against hosts Retrô FC. Fifteen minutes into the match, number 15 Victor Hugo opened the scoring, following an assist from Petterson. Flamengo was the much better team, extending their lead ten minutes into the second half, again with a goal from Victor Hugo, following an assist from Petterson. The match ended, the score was 10-2, and more celebrations for the Ninho Boys in Pernambuco.

"Just as Leonam said, we played in a very well-organized competition here, with a high level of technical and competitiveness in both categories, which is great for our athletes in every sense. In the U-15s, we had four great teams from the Northeast, in addition to us, Palmeiras, and Corinthians, which greatly increased the difficulty and magnitude of our achievement. Although we haven't played since the end of October, our team performed very well throughout the championship, overcoming a major challenge related to the loss of rhythm in the opening match, when we drew with Náutico after trailing 2-0, and improving significantly as the games went on. I thank everyone for their focus and dedication, and I am very happy and proud to finish the most difficult season in the club's history by being able to contribute, demonstrating our enormous resilience, and winning this important title, which adds to our record total of trophies in a single season," concluded coach Mario Jorge.