Flamengo's U-15 team concluded its participation in The New Generation Trophy 2018, the category's World Championship, by once again defeating Viitorul Constanta (ROM), this time by a score of 3-0 (Ryan [3]). With this result, the "Garotos do Ninho" (Little Boys) depart from Austria back to Brazil with the honorable position of fifth-best team in the world in the category, and with an interesting fact: undefeated not only during the World Cup in Austria, but also in the national qualifying phase, winning the unprecedented Nike Premier Cup title, which gave "Mais Querido" the opportunity to represent the country in the World Cup.

After being defeated on Friday morning (17) by Bayern Munich (GER) on penalties, after having opened 2-0 in normal time and conceded the equalizer at the end of the match, the Rubro-Negro quickly recovered from the blow and a few hours later returned to the field to defeat Chelsea (ING) 2-1. This Saturday morning, in the fight for fifth place, an easy victory for the Romanian side Viitorul Constanta, with a hat-trick from center forward Ryan. In the 18th minute of the first half, he opened the scoring with a header, after a beautiful cross from Richard. In the first minute of the second half, Ryan scored the second after dribbling the goalkeeper. The third came in the 16th minute, again with a header, this time after a cross from Samuel.

"On the one hand, I'm sad because I know we're not the fifth-best team in the world. I've studied the teams in this World Cup extensively, watched their games, searched for and researched information, and with all the humility and awareness possible, I believe we have the technically best team among all those here. However, football can be cruel sometimes, and this time we're not returning home with the title after being defeated on penalties by Bayern Munich, in a match where we were the better team and controlled the game for most of the match. On the other hand, I'm very happy and proud to see the resilience and maturity these boys displayed to quickly turn the page, forget this defeat, and go on to beat Chelsea and Viitorul Constanta. We learned a lot throughout this competition, and I'm sure that next year we'll come back even stronger in pursuit of this trophy, which we so richly deserve," said coach Mario Jorge.