Flamengo and Vasco faced off in the fourth round of the Taça Rio on Sunday night (26) and drew 2-2 at Mané Garrincha. Rubro-Negro fell behind, but with a precise header from Arão and a great goal from outside the area from Berrío, they turned it around to 2-1. But in the last minute of the match, the referee awarded a penalty and the opponent equalized.
The only undefeated team in the Carioca and the owner of the best campaign in the championship, Mais Querido entered the field already classified for the state semifinals, a spot guaranteed with the victory over Bangu, in the third round.
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Rubro-Negro's next match will be this Wednesday (29), against Volta Redonda, at the Raulino de Oliveira stadium.
The game
Vasco started the game pressing and opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a Yago Pikachu goal. After conceding a goal and the timeout, Flamengo grew in stamina and increased their attacking volume. In the 27th minute, the match was briefly halted due to a power outage, leaving the Mané Garrincha stadium in darkness.
Before the lights went out, the day's birthday boy, Mancuello, created one of the Rubro-Negro's best chances to date, firing a shot over the crossbar. In the 40th minute, the Argentine again threatened Flamengo goalkeeper Jordi with a free kick that sailed just wide of the Cruzmaltino's right post. But Flamengo's biggest opportunity to open the scoring came in the final minute of the first half: Pará burst into the box, dribbled, and sent a low cross from near the goal line; the ball went past Damião and Mancuello, with neither man able to reach the ball.
The second half started with a bang. In the 8th minute, Luis Fabiano was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in the same play: one for a hard foul on Márcio Araújo and another for confronting the referee after complaining about the play. With an extra man and having already had more control of the game since the first half, Flamengo quickly leveled the score. After Réver's goal was disallowed for offside in the 10th minute, Mancuello took a corner kick in the 14th, and Willian Arão rose higher than everyone else to head the ball into the net as expected.
The turning point came with Berrío in the 19th minute. The Colombian hit a rare shot from the right side of the box, putting Mengão ahead 2-1. But in stoppage time, the referee awarded a penalty to Vasco, who equalized from the penalty spot.
The only undefeated team in the Carioca and the owner of the best campaign in the championship, Mais Querido entered the field already classified for the state semifinals, a spot guaranteed with the victory over Bangu, in the third round.
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Rubro-Negro's next match will be this Wednesday (29), against Volta Redonda, at the Raulino de Oliveira stadium.
The game
Vasco started the game pressing and opened the scoring in the 15th minute with a Yago Pikachu goal. After conceding a goal and the timeout, Flamengo grew in stamina and increased their attacking volume. In the 27th minute, the match was briefly halted due to a power outage, leaving the Mané Garrincha stadium in darkness.
Before the lights went out, the day's birthday boy, Mancuello, created one of the Rubro-Negro's best chances to date, firing a shot over the crossbar. In the 40th minute, the Argentine again threatened Flamengo goalkeeper Jordi with a free kick that sailed just wide of the Cruzmaltino's right post. But Flamengo's biggest opportunity to open the scoring came in the final minute of the first half: Pará burst into the box, dribbled, and sent a low cross from near the goal line; the ball went past Damião and Mancuello, with neither man able to reach the ball.
The second half started with a bang. In the 8th minute, Luis Fabiano was sent off after receiving two yellow cards in the same play: one for a hard foul on Márcio Araújo and another for confronting the referee after complaining about the play. With an extra man and having already had more control of the game since the first half, Flamengo quickly leveled the score. After Réver's goal was disallowed for offside in the 10th minute, Mancuello took a corner kick in the 14th, and Willian Arão rose higher than everyone else to head the ball into the net as expected.
The turning point came with Berrío in the 19th minute. The Colombian hit a rare shot from the right side of the box, putting Mengão ahead 2-1. But in stoppage time, the referee awarded a penalty to Vasco, who equalized from the penalty spot.