The Flamengo beat this Thursday at Vasco da Gama 2-0, in a match played in Maracaná corresponding to the thirty-fourth day of the League, and now they are two points behind the leader, Internacional, who lost the opportunity to advance after drawing with Athletico Paranaense.
With the triumph of this Thursday Flamengo adds 64 points and remains in second position just two behind Internacional, which leads with 66 points. It was not an easy game for the ‘Colorado’, who could not fully adapt to the synthetic grass field that the local Paranaense handled with more ease, which, after the tie, fell to tenth position, where it is placed with 46 points. The last time Internacional did not score a goal in a game was on December 2, in a 1-0 loss to Boca Juniors in the Libertadores.
Flamengo, for their part, demonstrated their offense against the weakened Vasco de Gama, defined with goals from Gabriel Barbosa ‘Gabigol’ and Everton Ribeiro, and again lost several options to extend the advantage. ‘Gabigol’ opened the scoring in the 43rd minute by taking a penalty for a foul by Leo Matos against Bruno Henrique. The second came at minute 76 after an Everton Ribeiro corner kick that Bruno Henrique headed into the net, scoring the 100th goal of his career.
Vasco improved his image in the second half but the attempts of Pikachu and Argentine Germán Cano were not even enough to shorten the score. With the defeat, the Cruzmaltino club fell one position and temporarily placed in 15th place with 37 points.
In another match of the day, Fortaleza beat Coritiba 3-1 at home and left the relegation zone, after adding 38 points, climbing three positions and reaching the fourteenth place, five more than Curitiba than with 28 integers is second to last in the table.
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