With another great performance, Flamengo's U-20 team, led by coach Mauricio Souza, easily defeated Fluminense 4-1 (Habraão, Ítalo, Matheus Alves and Geovani own goal), in a duel valid for the third round of the Taça Rio played on Sunday morning (7), in Gávea. In addition to maintaining the sovereign category in classics in the season, the result puts Mais Querido in the classification zone for the quarterfinals of the second round of the State, with six points won, after victories against Vasco and Fluminense. Before returning to the field for the Carioca on the 20th against Portuguesa, in Gávea, Rubro-Negro visits Vitória, in Barradão, for the third round of the Brazilian Championship, this Wednesday (10), at 15 pm.

Fluminense opened the scoring less than a minute into the match, with a goal from Evanílson. The Boys from the Nest remained undeterred and went in search of an equalizer. Five minutes in, Fluminense defender Higor miscontrolled the ball and nearly scored an own goal. The ball hit goalkeeper Gustavo's crossbar. Ten minutes in, the equalizer came. Luiz Henrique sent a corner kick to Habraão, who rose with style and headed it beautifully to level the score and score his first goal with the Sacred Mantle.

The derby was very evenly matched. In the 13th minute, Caio Vitor hit a cross, and Victor Hugo made a great save, palming it out for a corner. In the 15th minute, it was Vitor Gabriel's turn to hit a first-time shot and nearly turned the score around for Fluminense. Gustavo made a great save, saving Fluminense. In the 32nd minute, Fluminense turned the game around. Ítalo received the ball and advanced quickly down the left wing. He attempted a cross, but the defense cleared it, and the ball returned to the left back, who struck first-time for Mengão's second in the derby. Flamengo was the better team, and nearly got their third with a shot from the edge of the box by Wendel in the 39th minute, the last dangerous play of the first half.

Flamengo returned for the second half with four changes, but maintained its dominance on the field. This was especially true when, in the 13th minute, Rodrigo Muniz went for it, causing André, who already had a yellow card, to be sent off after being fouled for a very serious foul. The following minute, Flamengo scored their third goal through defender Geovani, who tapped the ball into his own net. In the 42nd minute, Matheus Alves hit a beautiful shot from the edge of the box into the top corner, sealing another rout for Flamengo in 2019.