Flamengo will have something new in their line-up against Peñarol, from Uruguay, compared to the first match. Current fan favorite Léo Ortiz gets his chance to start in place of Pulgar for the second leg of the Libertadores quarter-finals. In fact, coach Tite will have to stick with the main formation to try to qualify for the semifinals.
The ball rolls this Thursday (26), at 7 pm, Brasília, at the Campéon del Siglo, in Montevideo, and the Rubro-Negro tend to adopt a more offensive style. In any case, they must overturn the 1-0 defeat in the first leg, at the Maracana, through a goal by Cabrera. The Rio team needs to return the victory because of the minimal advantage with the aim of determining the place in the penalty shootout – a victory by a margin of two goals or more directly confirms progress.
In Ninho do Urubu CT, Flamengo left 12 of its players with assistant Matheus Bachi to carry out preparatory activities to capture Peñarol. The activities were carried out throughout the weekend. Afterwards, the delegation continued its journey to Uruguay, where the group completed training at the Ciudad Deportiva LS owned by striker Luís Suárez.
It’s possible Flamengo has Rossi; Varela, Fabrício Bruno, Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro; Léo Ortiz, De La Cruz, Gerson and Arrascaeta; Plata and Bruno Henrique.
