Pedro overcomes Arrascaeta in Flamengo and is elected King of America

Pedro surpassed teammates of Flamengoas Arrascaeta It is Gabigol, and won the title of King of America. Last season, the player was the highlight of the Rio de Janeiro campaign in the Libertadores of America and ended the competition as the top scorer, with 12 goals scored. In this way, he left behind his teammates and also Julian Álvarez to win the most desired individual award in South America.

Organized by the newspaper “El País”, from Uruguay, the list of nominees was dominated by players from Flamengo and also from River Plate. From the Argentine team, for example, Julian Álvarez and Enzo Fernández were also in the fight for the title, even if they only played for six months in South America. Even so, the Flamengo players won.

Pedro’s victory to be elected King of America was a close one. The striker took 68 votes out of a total of 218 and was just four points ahead of Arrascaeta, who is his Flamengo teammate. In addition to the two, who completed the podium of best player in South America was Julian Alvárez, who is currently one of the great highlights of Manchester City.

It is worth noting that this individual brand is important for Brazilian football. Of the last five times that the award was disputed, on three occasions Brazil won better than Argentina and took the King of America home. In the 2020 season, for Santos, Marinho managed to reach the level of best player on the continent. Already in 2019 it was Gabigol’s turn and now Pedro took over.

A curious fact draws even more attention, as the last three winners of the King of America award belong to Flamengo. Marinho, Gabigol and Pedro are part of Vítor Pereira’s cast and have been playing together since last year. The first with little less prominence, but with the other two being responsible for the great phase that the team from Rio is going through.