The “King” team, entered fourteen minutes from the end, showed superiority against the fourth division team and won its second victory in the contest that brings together the teams of the state of Rio de Janeiro. For his part, Erick Pulgar watched the match from the substitutes’ bench.
A landslide victory was won this Sunday flamenco chileans Arturo Vidal and Erick Pulgar after Mengão beat Portuguesa by four goals to one -Serie D club- in a match played at Maracana Stadium and which corresponds to the second duel of the rojinegros in the competition, after the victory obtained last Thursday against Audax RJ by the minimum score .
On this occasion, unlike the match a few days ago, the new coach of “Fla”-Portuguese Vitor Pereira – He had a cast consisting mainly of starters, so it was expected that at least the “King” would start from the beginning; however, the one trained in Colo Colo and the also national Erick Pulgar were not considered from the first minute by the successor of Dorival Júnior .
As far as the commitment process is concerned, from the beginning the owners showed supremacy on the field, which translated into constant arrivals at the visitor goal defended by joao lopes . In this way, it is not surprising that Pedro gave the host the lead in the 12th minute, a gap which widened late in the first half (40th) thanks to Gabriel Barbosa’s goal, although the visit allowed the hand-over by Edson Carius (43rd). .
Victory and leadership
In addition, the Chilean squad kept control of the actions, which led to Fabrício Bruno (51′) will stretch the numbers in the mythical Maracana, putting the momentary 3-1 on the scoreboard.
For its part, at minute 76, Arturo Vidal entered the pitch to replace Pedro . And after the incorporation of the La Roja midfielder, Thiago Maia (88′) declared the final 4-1, allowing Flamengo to add their second victory in as many games in the tournament .
With this result, Mengão leads the Carioca Championship with six points and the next day he will visit the Madureira next Wednesday, January 18.
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