After yesterday's professional clash, Flamengo and Volta Redonda face off again today at 15 p.m. at Raulino de Oliveira Stadium in Cidade do Aço for the Rio de Janeiro Under-20 Championship. The youngsters hope to match the success of the seniors and leave Volta Redonda with three more points. After debuting with a 7-1 thrashing of Duque de Caxias, the red-and-blacks hope to maintain their consistency and good form to earn three more points in the competition.

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The victory in the first round could have led the team to relax for the second round, but that's not what will happen. The players themselves are the ones who guarantee that. Defender Michel Pereira is one of them. According to the defender, the result only gives the red-and-black team even more motivation to maintain the momentum of the first game and achieve a victory as good as, or even better than, the one in the opening round of the competition.

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"The rout only gives us more peace of mind to play. I don't think it's a problem at all. Of course, no one expected such a good result, but it was the result of our hard work and it just shows that we can achieve new results like this if we keep up the momentum. If we repeat what we did, we can go far," he analyzed.

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One of the red-and-black team's biggest weapons is striker Diego Maurício. He scored four times in the 7-1 victory over Caxias and is considered by his teammates to be a key player in the team's success.

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"Diego is definitely an important player, with a lot of quality, and he always helps us with his goals," Michel added.

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Flamengo plays with Marcelo Carné, Galhardo, Michel, Christianno and Anderson; João Vitor, Luiz Antônio, Eliabe and Saba; Juninho and Diego Maurício