With reserves, Flamengo beats Resende and opens up an advantage in the leadership of Carioca

Flamengo called up reserves to face Resende and did not have great difficulties in winning the match. With a greater volume of play during the 90 minutes, it only took a while to get the conclusion of the plays right. When he did, he scored 2-0 at Raulino de Oliveira.

Straight to the point: Flamengo’s victory over Resende

Matheus Gonçalves and André Luiz scored the goals for the red-black team.

Vitor Pereira chose reserves because the starters will play Tuesday, in Ecuador, the first match of the Recopa final, against Independiente del Valle.

The result left the Gávea team with 20 points, four more than Botafogo, in second place.

Marinho felt muscle pain and could be out of the bench in the South American final.

Boys did the trick

Rodrigo Caio and Pablo, in the heart of the defense, and Marinho and Everton Cebolinha, on the edges of the attack, were Flamengo’s most experienced players on the field. Furthermore, Vitor Pereira gave minutes to the boys, many of them still old enough to play in the youth teams.

The lack of chemistry was a foreseeable problem, but it didn’t stop the victory. And neither the red-black domain. It lacked to be more incisive in the conclusion of the plays.

This came to a head in the second half. Matheus Gonçalves, aged 17, opened the scoring. It didn’t take long and André Luiz expanded. Other chances were created, but did not enter.

The sad note was the departure of Marinho, complaining of muscle pain. The problem could affect his presence on the bench against Del Valle, Tuesday.

After the match in Ecuador, Flamengo will return to Rio and on Saturday will face Botafogo, a classic that could confirm the first place in the Guanabara Cup. For that, it would take a victory over alvinegro, the defeat of Fluminense to Portuguesa and a draw or defeat for Vasco in the game against Boavista.