Carioca team opened three points of advantage over Cruzeiro, which faces Grêmio on Sunday; Luiz Araújo opened the scoring with a great goal and Wallace Yan closed the scoring at the end
Eliminated in the round of 16 of the Club World Cup, played in the United States, Flamengo entered the field on Saturday (12), to face São Paulo, surrounded by expectations. After beating Chelsea with authority and, according to some assessment of some within the club, offer resistance to Bayern Munich, Mengão wanted to show this return to national football that gave birth to the intersection and could have arrived further in the FIFA tournament. It was not an “web”, as the most enthusiastic part of the fans bet, but the red-black was, yes, superior and won by 2-0. The first goal was scored by striker Luiz Araújo, revealed by Tricolor Paulista-a beautiful “slap” outside the area in the second half. In additions, Wallace Yan killed the match.
With the victory, Mengão wasolated themselves in the leadership of the Brazilian Championship, with 27 points, three more than Cruzeiro. The Minas Gerais team can draw in the score this Sunday (13), if they beat Grêmio in Mineirão. The goal balance, however, will hardly be equated: cariocas have 12 goals of the fox in this regard. Fla’s victory over São Paulo recorded the largest audience of this edition of the national: 67,359 fans present at Maracanã.
