Flamengo’s rout of Sport guaranteed Rubro-Negro the symbolic title of the first round of Series A of the Brazilian Championship. This is because the duel at Arena Pernambuco was valid for the 12th round of the competition.
Flamengo due to the FIFA Club World Cup. , the Rio team finished the first 19 rounds of the competition with 43 points.
Since 2006, in 19 editions of Série A by consecutive points with 20 teams, the champion of the first round won the Brazilian title in 13 of them. Flamengo is second in the return with 28 points, one less than Palmeiras.
Flamengo will have the classic against Fluminense, on Wednesday (19), at Maracanã, at 9:30 pm (Brasília time).
