Flamengo's U-15 and U-17 teams hosted Botafogo this Saturday morning (09) in Gávea, in classic matches valid for the 7th round of the Rio Cup, the second half of the State Championship. The children's team maintained their 100% record in the first half and won 3-2 (Reinier, Lázaro and Caio). The youth team started losing, turned the tables in the second half, suffered another setback but did not give up and sought another comeback, incorporating the mystique of the red-and-black race and winning a classic full of emotion 4-3 (Yuri, Marx, Vitor Ricardo and Vitor Gabriel). With these results, the two categories are isolated leaders and undefeated in the Rio Cup. Both return to the field next weekend, when they face Vasco, a location still to be defined by the Federation. 

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In the re-edition of the final of the Guanabara Cup in the category, won by Mais Querido on penalties, the U-17 team played a great classic and, after being behind twice on the scoreboard, fought until the end and achieved an incredible comeback in stoppage time, winning the game 4-3 and opening up an even bigger lead in the second half. 

In the 7th minute, Luan passed to Vitor Gabriel, who crossed the ball, but goalkeeper André Arruda saved it. In the 8th minute, Vitor Gabriel turned and struck a powerful shot from the edge of the box, drawing another save from the goalkeeper. In the 15th minute, the ball fell to Yuri, but the goalkeeper smothered it and saved Botafogo once again. The Boys from the Nest pressed for the first goal. But Botafogo opened the scoring in the 26th minute, through Barbosa. In the 30th minute, Wesley took a good shot from the edge of the box, but the ball sailed dangerously over the goal. In the 37th minute, Wesley crossed, and the ball flew millimeters past Yuri, who rose completely unmarked in the six-yard box. 

In the 9th minute of the second half, Yuri struck a powerful shot from outside the box, and the goalkeeper palmed it away for a corner. Botafogo equalized in the 13th minute. Marx took a corner kick, headed it to Vitor Gabriel, who headed it into the back of the net. In the 15th minute, Yuri passed the ball to Vitor Gabriel, who burst into the box and only failed to turn the game around thanks to André Arruda's excellent save. On the next play, Yuri hit a cross, and the ball grazed the post. The pressure was unbearable, and in the 26th minute, Botafogo turned the game around. Yuri delivered a beautiful pass to Marx, who struck powerfully, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance. The celebrations were so intense at Gávea that even the players on the synthetic pitch behind the benches stopped the game to celebrate wildly. In the 28th minute, Matheus Alves delivered a beautiful pass to Wendel, who chipped the ball past the goalkeeper. The ball capriciously hit the post. The defense cleared the rebound on the goal line, preventing the red-and-blacks' third goal of the match. 

Flamengo had two minutes of inattention and suffered the comeback, with goals in the 32nd minute (from a penalty) and 33rd minute. Flamengo pressed hard until the final whistle and was rewarded in stoppage time. In the 40th minute, Marx took another corner kick with precision, which was headed by Vitor Ricardo, who swelled the net and tied the game. In the 41st minute, Yuri spun inside the box and fired a cross-shot, turning the game around once again and sending the Gávea stands into a frenzy. The result keeps the team in sole possession of the Taça Rio, now five points ahead of Botafogo.

Opening the proceedings on a sunny Saturday morning in Gávea, the U-15s beat Botafogo 3-2 (Reinier, Lázaro and Caio), and further consolidated their position as sole leader of the Taça Rio, maintaining their 100% record after seven rounds played, with an incredible balance of 28 goals for and only three goals against.

The game started off fairly evenly in the center of the field, with many misplaced passes. Flamengo's first good chance came in the 10th minute, when Reinier took a shot from the edge of the box, but João saved it. The Boys from the Nest opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Lázaro surprised the defense and delivered a beautiful pass to Reinier, who fired a shot into the goalkeeper's corner, turning the Gávea scoreboard around for the first time. From then on, it was all Flamengo. In the 32nd minute, the duo worked again, and the Mais Querido almost scored a second in the most beautiful play of the first half. Lázaro led a counterattack and delivered a superb pass to Reinier. He skillfully flicked it over the goalkeeper, but the defense managed to clear it on the line. In the following play, in the 36th minute, in the 36th minute, in the 36th minute, the Rubro-Negro extended their lead. Dhouglas cut in and crossed. Defender Marlom made a mistake and the ball fell to Lázaro, who made no mistake and hit it into João's right corner to score the second. 

Flamengo also started the second half better. In the third minute, Caio got deep and crossed for Dedé, who nearly added another. The third goal came in the tenth minute. Caio took a free kick, the ball sailed past everyone and ended up in the back of the net. In the 3rd minute, Noga tried to pass back to Bruno but missed striker Padela, who beat the goalkeeper and pulled one back for Botafogo. In the 10th minute, Nelson beat Bruno to a penalty kick and scored the second for the team from General Severiano. In the final play of the game, Gabriel dos Santos played a one-two with Reinier and unleashed a rocket that exploded off the post.