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Mengão's U-15 and U-17 teams thrash Boavista and advance to the Copa Rio semi-finals

The Ninho Boys won 4-0 and 5-0 respectively in Gávea, consolidating their position in the top four of the competition.

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In matches held at the Gávea Stadium on the hot morning of this Wednesday (27), the Garotos do Ninho from the U-15 and U-17 teams thrashed Boavista 4-0 and 5-0 respectively, and consolidated themselves within the G4 of the Copa Rio in the categories. The two teams return to the field next Saturday, when they host Vasco, in Gávea, for the sixth round of the Copa Rio. FlaTV broadcasts live. 


U-15s open with a rout 

Led by coach Leonardo Cherede, the U-15 team took to the field for the first game of the double round, and opened the scoring after just 1 minutes with Tallyson, who scored his fifth goal of the season. 

In the second half, Mengão built the rout with two goals from Bidu and another goal from Gabriel with a beautiful free kick, just like in the victory over Bangu in the previous round.

Flamengo: Andrew, Lucas Vieira, Yago, João Victor, Italo; Christian, Pablo, Joshua; Tallyson, Rogerio and David. Coach: Leonardo Cherede.

U-17 also scores a thrashing and enters the G4

Next, the U-17 team, led by Mario Jorge, faced the same opponent and also won. But the game was quite difficult until the 13th minute of the second half, when David Gondim finally opened the scoring, following a good cross from Bill. As if by deja vu, in the 22nd minute, Bill crossed and David Gondim again tapped the ball into the back of the net, this time with a header.


Then, the floodgates opened. In the 24th minute, Lorran scored the third with a beautiful header after a perfect cross from Hernandes. The fourth came shortly after, in the 27th minute. After an assist from Pedrinho, Hernandes fired a shot past goalkeeper Joaquim. In the 30th minute, Bill scored the fifth, sealing another victory for Mais Querido in the Copa Rio.

Flamengo: Daniel Alves, Gusttavo, Felipe Vieira, Carbone (Pedrinho), Pedro Inácio (Gonçalo); David Gondim, Daniel, Lorran; Adriel (Bill), Eduardo Gabriel (Vitor Fonseca) and Felipe Lima (Lucas Matheus). Coach: Mario Jorge.