Three days after qualifying for the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores, Flamengo returns to Maracanã this Saturday night (1st) to face Fortaleza in the 13th round of Serie A of the Brazilian Championship. In third place, with 22 points, Rubro-Negro from Rio de Janeiro wants to guarantee three more to rise to the vice-leadership. On the other side of the field will be Leão do Pici (8th), with 20 points, who is also looking for victory to get closer to the G6 of the table. On the edge of the field, commanding the teams, will be two Argentine technicians: Jorge Sampaoli, for Flamengo, and Juan Pablo Vojvoda, for Fortaleza. The duel in Rio de Janeiro, starting at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), will be broadcast live on Rádio Nacional, with narration by Felipe Rangel, comments by Waldir Luiz, reporting by Mauricio Costa and news duty by Wagner Gomes. This Friday (30), Mengão continued preparation at CT, to face Fortaleza, for @Brasileirao! 🔴⚫#VamosFlamengo #CRF📸: Marcelo Cortes /CRF pic.twitter.com/B4ZS8COGGn — Flamengo (@Flamengo) June 30, 2023 Last Wednesday (28), Rubro-Negro from Rio de Janeiro left the Maracanã lawn applauded, after applying 4-0 in Aucas (Ecuador), in front of nearly 63,000 fans, a result that guaranteed the classification of the team from Rio to the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores. One of the highlights was striker Bruno Henrique, who scored once in the first match in which he started as a starter, since he returned to play, after ten months away due to an injury to his right knee. “The comeback [de Bruno Henrique] it’s important, because he is a reference in the squad and because he has great capacity to create goalscoring opportunities. We are waiting for this return and, slowly, it is happening. We are rooting for him to reach his best version”, said Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli during a press conference. at Maracanã, the team will once again have a full house: the fans sold out 60 thousand at the end of the afternoon on Friday (30). Preparation completed! ✅📸 Mateus Lotif/FEC#FortalezaEC #Brasileirão pic.twitter.com/WCOPxSmx92 — Fortaleza Esporte Clube 🦁 (@FortalezaEC) June 30, 2023 Fortaleza also arrives with high morale in tonight’s clash, after a sequence of three consecutive victories, the last of them on Tuesday (28), by 2 to 1, over Palestino ( Chile), for the Copa Sudamericana. By triumphing in the last round of the group stage, Leão do Pici – already classified in advance – guaranteed the leadership in group H and will decide the return game of the round of 16 at home. Fortaleza beat Atlético-MG at home (2-1) in the last round, and in the previous round they beat Cruzeiro (1-0) in Belo Horizonte. For tonight’s match, coach Vojvoda will not be able to count on defender Titi – suspended after taking the third yellow card -, nor on Pedro Rocha, Zanocelo and Fernando Miguel, who are still recovering in the medical department.
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