Vasco Upset Flamengo 2-1

In Week 28 of the Campeonato Brasileiro, Vasco da Gama took on Flamengo at the Maracanã stadium on Sunday, September 27th! Going into the game Sunday Flamengo was favored to win the nights match over their opponent Vasco da Gama, but don't put out their opponent just yet because it was a very close game that came down to a 1 goal deficit. The team based out of the country's capital city, Rio de Janeiro, Vasco da Gama recently against Flamengo hasn't been too well with 3 drawn matches and 2 lost matches.

The match Sunday started like any other game would, in about 10 minutes in Flamengo was on their opponents side of the field and off a cross the field pass they scored in the 11th minute making the score 1-0 in favor of Flamengo. Then Rodrigo a player for Vasco da Gama, from 26 meters out, puts a ball in net off a free kick scored in the 35^th minute to make the game tied a 1 a piece! Then the go-ahead goal scored by Nene putting Vasco up 2-1 and that would be the final score for this match! Stay tuned for next week’s matches, highlights and scores for Campeonato Brasileiro! For week 30 of the league, make sure to check out the Flamengo versus Figueirense Wednesday October 14^th! Attached below, is the recap of the game!

Game Recap!

Written by: Chris Maialetti

All Star Subs

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No. This time is wasn’t Guerrero or Paulinho to take Flamengo for the win against Joinville at the Maracanã Stadium in front of a little over 52,000. The stars from the game came from the bench. Ayrton and Gabriel were the not so expected heroes for the night; both players skills and commitment were starting to be questioned by the supporters until yesterday night. When Pará got injured still at the first half, Ayrton was given a chance, a few minutes later he scores a beautiful upper 90 goal. The first thing that comes to mind is back in 2001 when Petković scored against Flamengo’s biggest rival at the same upper 90 Ayrton scored.

The game was even more special for Gabriel who hadn’t had the opportunity to play since the arrival of the new coach Oswaldo de Oliveira, at the end of  August. Got in 12minutes left for the end of the match, but time wasn’t a problem, Gabriel scored less than 1 minute later over the goalkeeper.

Oswaldo de Oliveira mentioned at the end of the game he feels optimistic regarding the future of the team, who is currently fighting for G-4 and classifying to the South American cup. Flamengo who was has been considered one of the favorites to be in the top 4 in the past month, but had a streak of 3 loosing games that mathematical speaking decreased there chances, but with a new win the team might just launch off with remaining 9 games in the league.

Written by Pedro H. Cox