SÃO PAULO, SP (UOL/FOLHAPRESS) - Flamengo drew 2-2 with River Plate this Friday (3), at the Estádio do Algarve, in Portugal, in the first of three friendly matches that the team will play in the country.
In a friendly match with an eventful first half, Flamengo and River draw in Portugal
SÃO PAULO, SP (UOL/FOLHAPRESS) - Flamengo drew 2-2 with River Plate this Friday (3), at the Estádio do Algarve, in Portugal, in the first of three friendly matches that the team will play in the country. The goals in...
The goals in the match were scored by Samuel Lino and Bruno Henrique for Flamengo, and Sebástian Driussi, twice, for River Plate.
The duel was important to mark Jorginho's return. The midfielder has not played since Flamengo's 3-0 defeat to Palmeiras, on May 23, at Maracanã, in the Brazilian Championship, due to a fracture in the big toe of his right foot.
The friendly also symbolized Lorran's return to Flamengo, after a loan period spent at Pisa, in Italy.
Without being able to count on nine athletes who are or participated in the World Cup with their respective teams, coach Leonardo Jardim started the confrontation with what he has to offer at the moment.
The Portuguese coach completed the squad with some youngsters from the youth teams promoted to participate in the tour.
In the series of friendlies in Portugal, Flamengo returns to the field at 4:30 pm (Brasília time) next Wednesday (8) to face Lausanne-Sport, from Switzerland. The last Flamengo match in Portuguese lands will be against Benfica, on the 11th, at 3:30 pm (Brasília time).
Still during the interseason, Flamengo will play another friendly against Olímpia, from Paraguay, on the 17th, at the Mané Garrincha stadium, in Brasília.
FLAMENGO IS BETTER, BUT VACILATES
After 35 days, Flamengo returned to the field and showed a good volume of play. Despite being full of absences, Leonardo Jardim's men controlled the action in the first half.
Still, due to a passing error by Jorginho in the defense field, it was up to River Plate to open the scoring with Sebástian Driussi.
More attentive after the hesitation that left the team at a disadvantage, Flamengo intensified its offensive behavior and turned the game around with goals from Samuel Lino and Bruno Henrique.
Four minutes later, however, Sebástian Driussi tried to tie the friendly again after a well-worked play by the Argentine team. After the break, with the various substitutions on both teams, the game lost in intensity and, consequently, in emotion. Goalkeepers became basically spectators without being required to do so.
FLAMENGO
Rossi (Andrew); Emerson Royal (Daniel Sales), João Victor, Vitão and Ayrton Lucas; Erick Pulgar (Lorran), Jorginho (Ewertton Araújo) and Luis Araújo (Saúl); Samuel Lino (Joshua), Pedro (Cebolinha) and Bruno Henrique (Wallace Yan). Coach: Leonardo Jardim
RIVER PLATE
Santiago Beltrán; Gio González (Ulises Giménez), Martínez Quarta (Lucero), Lautaro Riviero and Marcos Acuña (Lautaro Pereyra); Fausto Vera, Arambarri (Facundo González), Juan Meza (Lucas Silva) and Tomás Galván; Sebástian Driussi (Tobías Goytia) and Facundo Colidio (Joaquín Freitas). Coach: Eduardo Coudet.
Location: Algarve Stadium, in PortugalReferee: Luis Godinho (POR)Assistants: Gonçalo Freire and Hugo Coimbra (POR)Yellow cards: Fausto Vera (RIV), Erick Pulgar (FLA), Gio González (RIV) and Rivero (RIV)Goals: Sebástian Driussi (RIV), Samuel Lino (FLA), Bruno Henrique (FLA), Sebástian Driussi (RIV)
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