O Flamengo struggled, but ended up losing the Recopa Sudamericana title. After beating Independiente del Valle, from Ecuador, in normal time by 1 to 0, the red-blacks were defeated on penalties by 5 to 4, this Tuesday, at Maracanã. In this way, it continues without titles in the 2023 season.
In addition to the vice-championship for the Ecuadorian team that night, Rubro-Negro lost the Brazilian Super Cup to palm trees and ranked third in the FIFA Club World Cupafter being defeated by Al-Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, in the semifinal.
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The Cariocas dominated the first half and wasted good chances. Thiago Maia and Ayrton Lucas hit the post. In the final stage, Del Valle held Flamengo until extra time, when Arrascaeta scored the winning goal, which took the duel into overtime.
In overtime, the Flamengo players had an offensive posture, but ran into a lack of creativity. Thus, the duel was decided on penalties. This time, Arrascaeta was the villain, wasting the only charge among the ten in the dispute.
The game
Flamengo tried to press in the first minutes, but only managed to create a good chance in the 13th minute. Pedro took advantage of the cross, but headed over Ramírez. Afterwards, the red-black striker sent the ball into the net, but the move was annulled for offside.
Gradually, the hosts increased the pressure. Gabriel wasted a great chance by kicking over Caicedo. Flamengo had two great chances to open the scoring when Thiago Maia and Ayrton Lucas hit Del Valle’s crossbar.
However, in the final part, Independiente del Valle managed to hold the game. The wax made the red-blacks nervous. Flamengo only went back to creating almost at halftime. First, Varela stopped in Ramírez’s great defense. Afterwards, Arrascaeta took advantage of the cross and headed close to the goal. But the score remained unchanged until the break.
In the second half, Flamengo kept the pressure on Del Valle. However, the Red-Blacks had difficulty passing through the Ecuadorian marking.
Del Valle tried to fit in the counterattacks and arrived dangerously in the 24th minute, with Sornoza. However, the Ecuadorian kicked weakly, on top of Santos. Flamengo, on the other hand, was still having problems in the offensive sector, without creating good chances.
Flamengo only managed to arrive with danger in the 39th minute. Matheus Gonçalves won the marker and kicked over Ramírez. The move cheered up the Red-Blacks, who increased the pressure in the final minutes. David Luiz had the opportunity to score, but headed over the crossbar. In the last bid, the cariocas reached the goal with Arrascaeta, after a pass from Everton.
In overtime, the home team kept possession of the ball and the pressure. But the Red-Blacks continued to have problems creating good chances. Del Valle looked tired and didn’t bother the Carioca defense. With that, the decision ended up going to penalties.
In penalties, the hero of normal time, Arrascaeta ended up being the only one to waste the kick among the ten players. Landazuri converted the last one for Del Valle, who took the title.
DATASHEET
FLAMENGO 1 (4) X 0 (5) INDEPENDENT OF THE VALLEY-
Local: Maracanã Stadium, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Data: Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Time: 21:30 (Brasília time)
Referee: Andrew Matonte (URU)
Assistants: Nicolas Tarán (URU) and Martin Soppi (URU)
WAS: Andres Cunha (URU)
Income: R$ 5.693.362,50
Public: 65,739 paying
Yellow cards: Everton Ribeiro, Vidal, Varela, David Luiz, Mateusão and Thiago Maia (Flamengo); Pellerano, Alcivar, Faravelli and Carabajal (Independiente del Valle)
GOL
FLAMENGO: Arrascaeta, at 51min of the second half
FLAMENGO: Santos, Guillermo Varela (Matheuzinho), Fabrício Bruno, David Luiz and Ayrton Lucas (Marinho); Thiago Maia (Everton), Arturo Vidal (Gerson), Everton Ribeiro (Matheus Gonçalves) and De Arrascaeta; Gabriel Barbosa and Pedro (Mateusão)
Technician: Victor Pereira
VALLEY INDEPENDENT: Moses Ramirez, Matthew Carabajal, Richard Schunke and Augustine Garcia; Matias Fernandez (Market), Jordy Alcivar (Kevin Rodriguez), Lorenzo Faravelli, Christian Pellerano (Previtali) and Beder Caicedo (Cortez); Lautaro Diaz (Landazuri) and Junior Sornoza (Holes)
Technician: Martin Anselmi
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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