Flamengo beats Bahia, which had two defenders expelled

On the afternoon of this Saturday, the 13th, bahia It is Flamengo faced each other for the 6th round of the Brasileirão 2023. With the final score of 2 to 3, Tricolor was defeated at home by the team led by Jorge Sampaoli. Thus, the visitors temporarily occupy the 4th position of the table, while the home team is in 13th place.

The first half showed the agitation that would follow throughout the confrontation. O Flamengo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute: matheus france took advantage of propped up David Luiz after corner kick Arrascaeta. The number 42 shirt sent everything into the net, with a header, leaving Rubro-Negro from Rio in front.

At 25 minutes, Arrascaeta was pulled inside the area, and the referee awarded a penalty to Flamengo; like this, Gabigol called the responsibility, moved the goalkeeper Marco Felipe and extended the squad’s advantage. Nine minutes later, Biel scored on the scoreboard with a low kick, in the corner, the first goal of the bahia in the duel. At the end of the first half, David Luiz did not waste the free-kick Scallion and wrote it down.

Right at the beginning of the second half, however, the Steel Tricolor showed that they would not surrender so easily: Ryan took a free kick on a cross in the area, Ademir he took advantage of the move and sent it into the Red-Black net, under goalkeeper Santos. It should be noted that Gabigol had his other goal annulled for offside, in the 39th minute of the last stage. Bahia also lost two defenders for hard fouls, which were red in the duel: Rezende It is Kanu.

SEQUENCE ON THE CALENDAR

Now, the teams have other challenges on their agendas besides the Brasileirão. Bahia returns to the field on Wednesday, the 17th, to face saintsaway from home, for the first leg of the round of 16 in Brazil’s Cup. In the same knockout tournament, Flamengo will have the arduous task of preparing for the classic against Fluminenseon Tuesday the 16th.