With Maracanã packed, Flamengo welcomes Ceará for the Brasileirão

All tickets have been sold for the Nation; the match is very important in the fight for leadership

By Mariana Sa - in 01/09/2018 às 22:32

Sunday (2) is the day of a packed Maracanã and Flamengo on the field. Against Ceará, at 11 am, the Mais Querido faces another challenge in the Brazilian Championship, aiming to continue in the fight for the leadership of the competition.

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Currently, Rubro-Negro is in third place in the table with 41 points. Ceará is in 19th place with 17 points from 21 matches played so far.

Hey, Diego!

Last Friday, number 10 Diego Ribas spoke to the press at a press conference held at Ninho do Urubu. The athlete, in addition to praising the support and importance of the nation, also spoke about the match against Ceará.

"It will be a tough game. They played well against São Paulo. They had the opportunity to open the scoring when the score was 0-0. The Brazilian Championship has shown time and again that it has to respect its opponents and work hard to win. The best way to move forward is to view the next match as the most important one. We'll go full force and aim for victory."

Click here to read the full press conference.

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Coach Mauricio Barbieri named the following players for the match against Ceará.

Flamengo x Ceara

In the first round, the teams faced each other at Castelão in the third round of the Brasileirão. With goals scored by Vinicius Junior (twice) and Diego, Flamengo won 3-0. The match also marked the first time Flamengo took the lead in the current edition of the competition.

See behind the scenes of the first round victory

Retrospect

Adding up all competitions and friendlies, Flamengo and Ceará have faced each other 24 times. Flamengo has won 11, drawn 9, and lost only 4, scoring 38 goals and conceding 25.

Flamengo has never lost to the Ceará team in the history of the Brazilian Championship. In ten matches in the competition, Flamengo won half and drew the other half.

In the history of the tournament, the teams have faced each other only twice at Maracanã: 2-2 in 1985, with goals from Tita and Bebeto, and 1-0 in 2010, with a goal from Petkovic.

Tickets

All 52.436 tickets for Flamengo fans are sold out. The Maracanã ticket office will open at 8 a.m. this Sunday exclusively for redeeming tickets purchased online. Arrive early to avoid lines.

Transmission

The game will be broadcast exclusively on Canal Premiere FC.

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