Mengão will try to stop the Academy in El Cilindro in its goal of chasing the top of Group A of the continental tournament.
This Thursday flamenco visit to to racein corresponding party until the third date of group A of the Libertadores Cup 2023, that also integrates Nublense and Aucas.
The team led by Jorge Sampaoli jumps into Avellaneda’s redoubt with the clear mission to stop the Academy, which is leading the area with a perfect score. Rubro-Negro comes off beating the Red Devils in Maracaná, with goals from Pedro, to reap their first three positives after debut with a surprise 2-1 defeat to Idol of the people in the Gonzalo Pozo Ripalda.
Those led by Fernando Gago, for their part, started their career with a 0-2 celebration over the chillanejos at Ester Roa. The scoring was opened by Matías Rojas, with a magnificent goal from 66 yards out, and sealed in the second half by Paolo Guerrero, who incidentallyor in the third highest Peruvian scorer in the league (18) behind Percy Rojas (29) and Oswaldo Ramírez (27).
On the second day, meanwhile, they managed to defeat the current Ecuadorian champions by suffering 3-2, in a cross that ended with an unexpected goal in their favor to add their second successive victory.
The last confrontation between the two clubs took place in December 2020, before the round of 16. In Rio de Janeiro they equalized 1-1 in regular time (William Arão and Leonardo Sigali scored) after a draw with a similar score in El Cilindro.
This is how they defined the series from the penalty kicks, in which the then team led by Sebastián Beccacece (3-5) managed to advance thanks to a great performance by Gabriel Arias. The current champion of America played with ten men after the exclusion of Rodrigo Caio at 63 minutes.
In fact, the Acadé has never lost to Mengão in CONMEBOL matches. In four contested matches, they drew three and won one (1992 Super Cup semi-final and the aforementioned key).
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Flamengo:
Saints; Wesley, Fabrício Bruno, Leo Pereira; Ayrton Lucas, Arturo Vidal, Thiago Maia, Everton Ribeiro, Everton Cebolinha (Erick Pulgar); Gabigol and Pedro. DT: Jorge Sampaoli.
To race:
Gabriel Arias; Iván Pillud, Leonardo Sigali, Emiliano Insúa, Gabriel Rojas; Aníbal Moreno, Tomás Avilés, Nicolas Oroz, Matías Rojas; Paolo Guerrero and Gabriel Hauche. DT: Fernando Gago.
Source: Goal