Which Flamengo players will play friendly against Bayer?

Flamengo’s under-20 team faces Bayer Leverkusen, this Friday (17), at 14:30 (Brasília), in Gávea, in friendly. The duel serves as a preseason for the German team. Already the red-black has a great test with his base team and some players little used in the professional cast.

But which players will play for Flamengo in the friendly? THE Sporting News show.

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Which Flamengo players will play?

According to Flamengo, four professional cast athletes will play the friendly with the under-20. They are: the goalkeeper Matheus Cunha, the defender Cleitonthe left-back Van and the midfielder MATHEUS GONÇALVES.

“The presence of players reinforces the importance of this meeting, which will be a celebration of the partnership between two major brands of world football, and is a unique opportunity for young red-black under-20 young people to develop in an international confrontation environment,” said Flamengo in an official statement.

This Friday’s duel will be played in three times of 30 minutes. No Bayer player will play for the full 90 minutes due to the early stage of physical preparation.

A possible flamengo lineup has: Matheus Cunha; Daniel Sales, Iago Teodoro, Cleiton, Viña; Fabiano, Lorran, Guilherme Gomes; Matheus Gonçalves, Joshua and Pedro Leão. The team will be led by Bruno Pivetti.

Bayer Leverkusen must have the starting lineup with: Lukas is called; Arthur, Edmond Tapsoba, Jarell Quanzah, piero fincapié; Alex grimdo, former Elequiel Palacios, Robert Andrich, Jonas Hofmann, Xhaka Grait; Patrik Schick. Erik Ten Hag is the coach of the German team.

Pala & Grima 🆚 Amine & Nathan # ESQUENTAB04 | #Bayer04 | #Werkelf pic.twitter.com/XHLCqDMwAg

– Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04fussball) July 16, 2025

Flamengo x Bayer Leverkusen: time and where to watch

• Data: Friday, July 18, 2025
• Time: 2:30 pm (from Brasilia)
• Local: Gávea Stadium in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
• Transmission: Cazétv (Youtube) and Flamengo TV (YouTube)

Flamengo x Bayer Leverkusen: HISTORY

Flamengo and Bayer have faced each other twice, both at the 1988 Kirin Cup in Japan. On June 2, they tied 1-1 – Edinho scored for Red -Black. Already in the final of the tournament, on June 7, Flamengo won 1-0 with Zico’s goal, winning the title at the National Stadium of Tokyo.