Flamengo convincingly defeated Cardoso Moreira 4-1 this Thursday night (January 24th) at Maracanã. With two consecutive victories, the red-and-black team is the leader of Group A of the Campeonato Carioca. Ibson, Souza, Juan and Léo Moura scored the team's goals.

The first good news of the night was the inclusion of goalkeeper Bruno, whose situation was regularized. On the field, Flamengo quickly took the initiative. In the ninth minute, Marcinho made a beautiful play down the right wing and crossed to Souza in the six-yard box; the striker hit a beautiful header, which was saved by goalkeeper Macula. Giving the opponent no chance, Flamengo quickly scored the first goal. After Juan was pushed in the box, Ibson skillfully converted a penalty kick to open the scoring.

A few minutes later, Ernandes committed a violent foul on Leonardo Moura, earning a red card. With the red card, Flamengo launched an attack to seal the match. In the 38th minute, Toró unleashed a beautiful shot from outside the box. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back into the net, but the referee allowed play to continue.

In the 45th minute, Souza made a beautiful play, dribbling past the defender and sending a cross shot to extend the score for the Gávea team.

In the second half, Flamengo made a defensive blunder, and Cardoso Moreira pulled one back in the ninth minute with a shot from Vagner Carioca that went into the corner past goalkeeper Bruno. Flamengo quickly regained control of the game and threatened in the 14th minute with Ibson missing a great chance in the penalty area.

Coach Joel Santana decided to change the lineup, taking off defensive midfielder Jailton and bringing on striker Obina. Marcinho was moved to midfield. Soon after coming on, the striker delivered a beautiful pass for Juan to shoot powerfully, making it 3-1 to Flamengo.

Joel made two more changes to the team, bringing on Argentine Maxi and defender Rodrigo, who made his debut in the red-and-black shirt.

In the 36th minute, Flamengo scored a rout. Léo Moura received the ball from Juan in the penalty area and fired a cross-shot to seal the victory for Flamengo.

In the next round, on Sunday (27/01), Flamengo will face Duque de Caxias, at 18:10 pm, at Maracanã.

MATCH SHEET: FLAMENGO 4 X 1 CARDOSO MOREIRA Stadium: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Date/time: 24/01/2008 - 19:30pm (Brasília time) Referee: Leonardo Garcia Cavaleiro (RJ) Revenue/attendance: R$ 196.565,00 / 15 paying spectators Yellow cards: Jônatas, Juan, Souza (FLA); Rincón, Nénem, ​​Germano (CMO) Red card: Ernandes, 287?/26st half (CMO) GOALS: Ibson, 1?/22st half (1-1); Souza, 0?/45st half (1-2); Vágner Carioca, 0?/10nd half (2-2); Juan, 1?/22nd half (2-3); Leonardo Moura, 1?/37nd half (2-4).\ FLAMENGO: Diego, Leonardo Moura, Fabio Luciano, Ronaldo Angelim and Juan; Jailton (Obina, 1?/18nd half), Jonathan, Ibson (Rodrigo, 2?/33nd half) and Toro; Marcinho and Souza (Maxi, 2?/33nd half). Coach: Joel Santana.\ CARDOSO MOREIRA: Macula, Caboclo, Paulo Roberto and Ernandes; Neném, Indio, Rincon, Bruno (Rodrigo, half-time) and Germano; Leo Santos (Eliomar, 2?/14nd half) and Vagner Carioca (Fabio Tosca, 2?/25nd half). Coach: Charles Guerreiro.\