Show your face, Mengão!
In a decisive match to prove its worth, Flamengo faces Cruzeiro, in Uberlândia, at 22 pm
By From the team at Flamengo's official website - in
With a new coach, some absences, and a thirst for victory to prove its worth, Flamengo takes the field this Wednesday (September 01.09st) at 22 p.m. to face Cruzeiro at Parque do Sabiá in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais. Aware that it has already dropped important points in the competition, the Rubro-Negro team seeks to regain the confidence and support of its fans with a positive result away from home.
The mission is difficult, and the statistics prove that beating Cruzeiro won't be easy. However, nothing can dampen the motivation of Flamengo's players. With an experienced group and under the leadership of a coach whose main characteristic is pushing the team forward and scoring goals, the team is confident it can return from Minas Gerais with three points in its bag in Silas's debut.
"It's a good game. Flamengo is a great team, they'll face other great teams, and now is the time to turn things around and prove our worth. We have to be extra focused and motivated to finally get going in the championship and take the position we deserve," said goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba.
Midfielder Correa believes that the group knows it needs to recover the points lost in the last rounds and, despite valuing the opponent of this Wednesday's match, he believes in the strength and overcoming of the red-black team to achieve victory.
"Whatever we had to do, we already did. Now, at the end of the first round, we have to go all out to get back to winning ways. We also know how strong Flamengo is, and we have to make the most of it," he said.
Definition in the table – In its last three Brasileirão games, Flamengo has only earned one point. It's a stingy point for a team aiming for the top four and defending its title. Therefore, the Flamengo fans believe that a comeback is in order in the match against Cruzeiro. Defender Ronaldo Angelim believes this is the team's moment to show its true colors.
"Now is the time to show our true colors and say why we're in the competition. It's in these big games that you show what you're fighting for: whether you're going to fight for the title or stay in the table. We have a good run to make a run and we hope we can get results," he noted.
With 21 points, Flamengo is in 13th place in the table, four points behind Cruzeiro, which has 25 and occupies sixth place.
CRUZEIRO X FLAMENGO
Stadium: Sabiá Park, Uberlândia (MG)
Date/Time: 1/9/2010 - 22:XNUMX PM (Brasília time)
Referee: Guilherme Cereta de Lima/SP
Auxiliaries: Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis/SP and Marcio Luiz Augusto/SP
CRUISE: Fabio, Leo, Caçapa and Edcarlos; Jonathan, Fabricio, Henrique, Montillo and Diego Renan; Robert (Farías) and Thiago Ribeiro. Technical: Cuca
FLAMENGO: Marcelo Lomba, Leonardo Moura, Jean, Ronaldo Angelim and Juan; Correa, Willians, Petkovic and Renato; Leandro Amaral (Diego Maurício) and Val Baiano. Technical: Silas
The mission is difficult, and the statistics prove that beating Cruzeiro won't be easy. However, nothing can dampen the motivation of Flamengo's players. With an experienced group and under the leadership of a coach whose main characteristic is pushing the team forward and scoring goals, the team is confident it can return from Minas Gerais with three points in its bag in Silas's debut.
"It's a good game. Flamengo is a great team, they'll face other great teams, and now is the time to turn things around and prove our worth. We have to be extra focused and motivated to finally get going in the championship and take the position we deserve," said goalkeeper Marcelo Lomba.
Midfielder Correa believes that the group knows it needs to recover the points lost in the last rounds and, despite valuing the opponent of this Wednesday's match, he believes in the strength and overcoming of the red-black team to achieve victory.
"Whatever we had to do, we already did. Now, at the end of the first round, we have to go all out to get back to winning ways. We also know how strong Flamengo is, and we have to make the most of it," he said.
Definition in the table – In its last three Brasileirão games, Flamengo has only earned one point. It's a stingy point for a team aiming for the top four and defending its title. Therefore, the Flamengo fans believe that a comeback is in order in the match against Cruzeiro. Defender Ronaldo Angelim believes this is the team's moment to show its true colors.
"Now is the time to show our true colors and say why we're in the competition. It's in these big games that you show what you're fighting for: whether you're going to fight for the title or stay in the table. We have a good run to make a run and we hope we can get results," he noted.
With 21 points, Flamengo is in 13th place in the table, four points behind Cruzeiro, which has 25 and occupies sixth place.
CRUZEIRO X FLAMENGO
Stadium: Sabiá Park, Uberlândia (MG)
Date/Time: 1/9/2010 - 22:XNUMX PM (Brasília time)
Referee: Guilherme Cereta de Lima/SP
Auxiliaries: Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis/SP and Marcio Luiz Augusto/SP
CRUISE: Fabio, Leo, Caçapa and Edcarlos; Jonathan, Fabricio, Henrique, Montillo and Diego Renan; Robert (Farías) and Thiago Ribeiro. Technical: Cuca
FLAMENGO: Marcelo Lomba, Leonardo Moura, Jean, Ronaldo Angelim and Juan; Correa, Willians, Petkovic and Renato; Leandro Amaral (Diego Maurício) and Val Baiano. Technical: Silas