After a grueling trip to Mexico, Flamengo faces another major challenge, facing Botafogo on Sunday at the Maracanã Stadium. In the fight for the Rio de Janeiro title, Joel Santana believes the Flamengo squad will be on equal physical terms with their rivals.

"We'll have time to recover our energy and health for Sunday. We'll definitely be even. It'll be a really good game."

The manager doesn't believe Botafogo will present many surprises in the final.

"Just as they know our team, we know theirs too. No one creates anything very different in a week. I believe it will be a very close decision, once again decided on the details."