While all eyes of the red-and-black nation are on Caracas, the players not included in the trip played a training match on Wednesday morning (March 10.03) in Gávea. Part of the program for Maldonado's return to the field, the activity was against Barcelona, ​​​​from Santa Cruz, a team in the third division of Rio de Janeiro football. And striker Denis Marques was the star of the 13-0 victory, with four goals.

Flamengo took the field under scout Paulo Henrique and lined up with Paulo Victor, Galhardo, Wellinton, Romulo, and Leo Medeiros; Willians, Maldonado, Camacho, and Ramon; Gil and Denis Marques. In the first half, the red-and-black team opened up a large lead. Denis Marques scored the first and second, and Camacho extended the lead. Then, Ramon scored, Denis scored again, Gil also scored, and the number 11 ended the first half with a 7-0 lead.

In the second half, the youth team, which faces Madureira on Sunday in Gávea, took the field with Marcelo, Galhardo, Marlon, Christianno, and Jorbison; Luiz Antonio, João Vitor, Dieguinho, and Guilherme; Juninho and Diego Mauricio. Before that, Gil and Leo Medeiros still had time to score two more goals. When the youngsters took the field, top scorer Diego Maurício found the net three times, and Juninho added another.

Check out the top scorers from the training match:
Denis Marques – 4
Diego Mauricio – 3
Gil – 2
Camacho – 1
Ramon – 1
Leo Medeiros (pen) – 1
Juninho - 1