With the ‘Maracanazo’, Independiente del Valle was crowned Recopa Sudamericana champion, despite losing 1-0 in the return final last Tuesday night. A 1-1 aggregate score meant that extra time would be played, and since there was no imbalance in the penalty shootout, the Ecuador national team beat Brazil 5-4 at the mythical stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

Those of the valley were consecrated on a day which entailed a record highlighting the newspapers or day. “Flamengo didn’t win the Cup Winners’ Cup title, but the fans did their part. In the final against Independiente del Valle, which the Ecuadorians won on penalties, the Maracana recorded the largest audience in a match between themselves since 2014, with 71,411 fans,” the newspaper writes.

while, included or dayThus, several major Brazilian newspapers saw the new coronation of Independiente, which left the favored Flamengo, the current champion of the Copa Libertadores, empty-handed.

Throwing: “Flamengo add another frustration and see the pressure mount for Vítor Pereira. They didn’t win the Cup Winners’ Cup title, and suffered their third disappointment at the start of 2023. The team even beat Independiente del Valle, 1-0, but were eventually defeated on penalties. Flamengo as a whole is far below what it showed in 2022. The attack does not work as naturally and does not score the same number of goals. The defense sector, exposed in the search for rebalancing, is looking for adjustments. Therefore, individualities do not work with collective evil.”

Correio do Brasil: “Trying to use the advantage created in the first leg, when they won 1-0 last week in Quito, Independiente del Valle entered the field with a clearly defensive attitude. Argentina coach Martín Anselmi waived players in attack and formed a line of five defenders. However, even against opponents with such a conservative attitude, Flamengo managed to create clean scoring chances in front of a crowd of more than 65,000 fans. But with this setback, Flamengo misses out on a third chance to win the title in 2023, after frustrating campaigns in the Brazilian Super Cup (beaten by Palmeiras) and the Club World Cup (finished third).

Sports newspapers: “Failure against Independiente del Valle keeps Flamengo in a post, according to Portuguese coach Vítor Pereira’s orders. Before losing Recopa on penalties, the red and black team lost to Palmeiras in the Brazilian Super Cup and finished third in the Club World Cup. In overtime, Flamengo maintained possession and pressure. But he still had trouble creating good chances. Independiente looked tired and did not bother Rio’s defense. In the penalty shootout, Arrascaeta, the hero of regular time, was the only one who wasted an attack among ten players. Landázuri then converted the last for del Valle, who took the title”.

Jornal do Brasil: “Independiente del Valle tried to make up for the lower technical quality with a lot of commitment, but Flamengo kept the domain, which had the clearest opportunities to open the scoring in the 30th minute, with a shot from midfielder Thiago Maija. which exploded against the crossbar, and in the 31st minute, full back Ayrton Lucas hit the crossbar with a header. Given the poor performance, questionable Portuguese coach Vítor Pereira tried to change the script with some changes. But Independiente showed efficiency to keep the match”.

or day: “After losing the Brazilian Super Cup and Club World Cup titles, Flamengo were runners-up in the South American Recopa, all in one month. Defeat on penalties against Independiente del Valle gave Vító Pereira the third title that Flamengo lost in just two months of work”. (D)