A goal from rookie defender Réver gave Flamengo their fourth win of the Brazilian Championship and broke a 15-year streak of defeating Cruzeiro at Mineirão Stadium. Flamengo was a difficult visitor for their opponent, winning 1-0 and leaving Belo Horizonte with all three points.
With the result, Zé Ricardo's team reached 13 points and, in the tiebreaker criteria, are in seventh place in the league table, the same score as Santos, the last team in the G-4. Become a member and make Flamengo even stronger!
Rubro-Negro's next match will be on Sunday (19), at 16 pm, at the Mané Garrincha stadium, in Brasília, against São Paulo. Click here and see how to guarantee your tickets.
The game
Playing at home, Cruzeiro took the initiative to attack in the opening minutes, but found no room in Flamengo's defense. Réver, who ended up scoring the opening goal in the 43rd minute of the first half, had a go half an hour earlier, with a header that went just wide of Fábio's goal after a free kick. In the first half, Vizeu had a great chance in the 22nd minute, when he received the ball in the box, turned, and shot across goal, sending the ball just wide of Alex Muralha's post.
Relive Réver's goal through the lens of FlaTV:
In the second half, trailing, Cruzeiro again came out swinging, but Flamengo's defense continued to thwart the Minas Gerais team's attacks. In his first game in the Manto Sagrado, Réver was at his best. The defender gave Cruzeiro the best chance to extend their lead, with a volley in the 32nd minute, but the ball went straight at the Flamengo goalkeeper, and the score remained unchanged until the final whistle.
With the result, Zé Ricardo's team reached 13 points and, in the tiebreaker criteria, are in seventh place in the league table, the same score as Santos, the last team in the G-4. Become a member and make Flamengo even stronger!
Rubro-Negro's next match will be on Sunday (19), at 16 pm, at the Mané Garrincha stadium, in Brasília, against São Paulo. Click here and see how to guarantee your tickets.
The game
Playing at home, Cruzeiro took the initiative to attack in the opening minutes, but found no room in Flamengo's defense. Réver, who ended up scoring the opening goal in the 43rd minute of the first half, had a go half an hour earlier, with a header that went just wide of Fábio's goal after a free kick. In the first half, Vizeu had a great chance in the 22nd minute, when he received the ball in the box, turned, and shot across goal, sending the ball just wide of Alex Muralha's post.
Relive Réver's goal through the lens of FlaTV:
In the second half, trailing, Cruzeiro again came out swinging, but Flamengo's defense continued to thwart the Minas Gerais team's attacks. In his first game in the Manto Sagrado, Réver was at his best. The defender gave Cruzeiro the best chance to extend their lead, with a volley in the 32nd minute, but the ball went straight at the Flamengo goalkeeper, and the score remained unchanged until the final whistle.