One of the players who has worn the Flamengo shirt the most in this Brazilian Championship, 17 in total, defender Ronaldo Angelim is confident of a great performance for the red-black team this Thursday, against Grêmio, at Maracanã.

"We're confident despite facing the league leader. It will be a very difficult and complicated match, but we prepared well this week to face Grêmio. We'll play at Maracanã, where we're very strong. I'm sure we'll get a good result and return to the top four."

Ronaldo Angelim expects a great duel with Colombian Perea, who is Grêmio's top scorer in this Brasileirão, with eight goals scored.

"Perea is a very interesting player. He's very fast, dangerous, and opportunistic. He'll certainly give us a lot of work, and we have to pay extra attention to him."