While the English are increasingly bringing South American stars to Europe, the old style of play of the teams from the Land of the Queen is becoming commonplace among teams on our continent. The famous cross-field pass is one of the main weapons of several teams competing in the Copa Santander Libertadores da América, and it's a concern for the red-and-black defense.

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Defender Ronaldo Angelim hopes that coach Andrade's team can prevent this type of play in next Wednesday's match against Universidad de Chile at Maracanã.

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"All teams on the continent like to win games this way. We have to avoid surprises, as we ended up losing the first game this way. We can't make that mistake again," he said.

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Maldonado believes that stopping the Chilean team's aerial play is essential to achieving victory.

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"We'll need to neutralize the aerial ball. They play a very similar game plan to Botafogo. They pass the ball into the box for Oliveira and confuse the marking. He's a tall striker and makes things very difficult. We'll need to be very careful," he analyzed.

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Despite this, the midfielder does not consider "La U" to be Flamengo's biggest rival in the fight for first place in Group 8 of the Copa Libertadores.

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"I don't think they're the toughest opponent, and we have the ability to win. Universidad Católica plays a more beautiful style of football, with good touch, while (Universidad de) Chile plays more defensively," he explained.