Flamengo beat Sao Paulo this Saturday (12), in Maracanã, in the resumption of the Brazilian Championship, a month after the break for the Club World Cup. Luiz Araújo, formed in the base categories of Tricolor, scored the first goal with a beautiful left -handed kick, and Wallace Yan scored the second already in the additions.
Isolated leader of the Brasileirão, now with 27 points, the red-black returned to the field almost two weeks after being eliminated by the German Bayern Munich in the FIFA International Tournament, in which he finished the group stage first. The team lost Gerson, sold to Zenit, from Russia, and flea, injured during the World Cup, and entered the field without the center forward Pedro, by technical option of Filipe Luís.
Sao Paulo took the break to change then coach Luis Zubeldía for another Argentine, Hernán Crespo, who is in his second spell at the club. With the defeat, it parks at 12 points, only one from the relegation zone.
The Rio club accumulated some unused chances in the early stage. In the first of these, at 21 minutes, defender Leo Ortiz risked from outside the area and hit the post. The ball still hit the leg of goalkeeper Rafael and left in the area, but the defense of Sao Paulo took. At 42, in Ortiz’s new attempt, Rafael took it to the side and avoided the goal.
Red-Black’s best opportunities in the first half came to the additions, with Wesley, who made beautiful play inside the area and stopped at the goalkeeper, and Gonzalo Plata, who facing the goal kicked out.
Sao Paulo went to the attack more from Flamengo’s defense errors than for created plays, but improved the ball dominion at the beginning of the second half. At 8, the ball left for Portuguese Cédric, who sent over the goalkeeper Rossi’s post.
It was up to a former tricolor player to open the scoring after 15 minutes. Luiz Araújo received from Wesley and hit a beautiful kick at the entrance of the area to send the ball at the angle. It did not celebrate in respect of the former club.
The exchange of passes on the front improved after Hernán Crespo put Ferreirinha, Bobadilla and Ryan Francisco in the game, but not to the point that the team threatens Rossi’s goal.
Wallace Yan killed the game by scoring Flamengo’s second goal at 51, after enjoying Luiz Araújo’s kick.
At the same time, Vitória and Internacional faced each other in Beira-Rio, with victory for the owners of the house, 1-0, goal scored by Bruno Tabata.
