Fla will decide a place for the quarterfinals playing away from home

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Rubro-Negro thrashed Aucas, but its competitor, Racing, won the round and took the lead in Group A of the Libertadores

All it took was the opening whistle to sound at Maracanã for Flamengo to find themselves with divided attention. Yesterday’s opponent was Aucas-EQU, but Racing-ARG, who faced Ñublense-CHI at the same time, had to stumble. With great ease, the red-black player did his part by scoring 4-0 in a real ball led by Pedro and Bruno Henrique. The party was not complete only because the Argentines were also competent to win (4 to 0) and guarantee the leadership of Group A of the Libertadores.

Flamengo goes to the round of 16, but as one of the runners-up and will be in pot 2 of the draw. This means that they will face one of the group leaders in the next phase and will decide away from home. The clashes will be announced on the 5th of July, and the matches will take place at the beginning of August.

The leadership did not come, but the victory over Aucas was financially good for Flamengo: there are R$ 25.5 million guaranteed to the rubro-negro coffers. This is due to the fixed quota of R$ 15.1 million, the R$ 4.3 million paid for the three victories in the group stage and the R$ 6.1 million for the place in the round of 16.

On the field, despite Aucas being present, the focus was on Racing. Even more so because it only took a few minutes for everyone to realize that the Ecuadorians did not have the slightest condition to try to surprise. With less than 30 minutes, Flamengo had already scored the two goals needed to momentarily take the lead in Group A — Racing tied with Ñublense. First with Pedro, taking advantage of the defense’s hit, and the second with Léo Pereira, after a corner kick. Before the break, Bruno Henrique scored the third.

The fourth goal, scored by Victor Hugo, was scored almost at the same time as the information came out that Racing had opened up an advantage against Ñublense, with one goal after another. The news reached Maracanã and the momentum waned, with Flamengo going into automatic mode. Regardless of the number of goals scored, they would only be able to qualify as second. Nothing that prevented the support of more than 62 thousand Red-Blacks at the final whistle.

Off the field, Flamengo gave good news to its fans. Yesterday, the Red-Black team officially signed the signing of striker Luiz Araújo, who leaves Atlanta United, and agrees until the end of 2027. He will cost 9 million euros (about R$ 50 million), which the Red-Black team will pay in installments . The club also reported that the athlete will be presented next Monday.

*With information from Extra

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