Defeated by the Palestinian (CHI), O Flamengo landed amid protests in Rio de Janeiro.
A small group of fans awaited the arrival of the delegation at Galeão Airport to demonstrate against the result in Chile, which complicated the club’s situation in the group stage of the season. CONMEBOL Libertadores.
The coach Titewho left the place due to a different departure from the squad, was among those most reviled by red-blacks, as was the full-back Wesley and the midfielder Gerson.
“We’re going to improve,” Bruno Henrique quickly said as he passed a group of just over ten fans present at the airport exit.
The expectation of a protest in Galeão led to reinforced security on Wednesday morning, with the presence of Military Police vehicles.
Tite’s Flamengo equals the worst campaigns of the century in the Libertadores
With 4 points added in the first four matches in this group stage, Rubro-Negro equaled their worst campaigns in the XXI century in this same phase of the continental competition: in 2002 It is 2014.
Just like in 2024, in these two previous editions the Cariocas scored the same number of points in the first four games and, as a consequence, ended up being eliminated early from the Libertadores. A scenario that, in the current edition, can still be reversed.
In 2002, Rubro-Negro was last in a group with Once Caldas, Olimpiae Catholic University. In the first four games, Flamengo, at the time led by Carlos Alberto Torreshad 4 points, with two defeats, one win and one draw.
In the end, the Cariocas were defeated in sequence by Católica and Olimpia, outright, respectively, and ended up at the bottom of the group, falling by the wayside in the dispute.
In 2014, under the command of Jayme de AlmeidaFlamengo repeated its 2002 performance in the first four commitments, having, at the time, also the Bolivar in the group, in addition to Leon It is Emelec.
In the end, the team achieved another victory, away from home against Emelec, but it was not enough to qualify, as in the last round they lost to León, at Maracanã, 3-2. 7 points were not enough to keep the place.
Now in 2024, Tite’s Flamengo started the group stage with a draw with Millionairesin Colombia, followed by victory over Palestinian, in Rio de Janeiro. At 3rd It is 4th rounds, defeats for Bolívar and the Chileans, respectively.
Given this scenario, Flamengo can reach, at most, 10 points until the end of the group stage. With this, Rubro-Negro will depend not only on themselves, but also on a combination to still be able to dream of a place in the knockout stages of the Libertadores. See below.
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Flamengo winning 6 points
In order for the dependence on results to be as small as possible, Flamengo needs to win the two remaining games. Thus, it would come to 10 points. With this, they need Palestino to score up to four points (they would fight on balance) or Millonarios not to win their three games (they would also fight on balance).
Flamengo winning 4 points
With a draw and a victory, Flamengo would reach 8 points. With this, I would have to hope that the Palestinian does not 3 points, and that Millonarios does not win 7 points. Thus, even two draws for the Chileans in the last round would make Rubro-Negro seek a place as long as they are ahead on balance.
Flamengo winning 3 points
If they win just one game, Flamengo will need an even greater combination. The team of Tite will need to hope that the Palestinian just does 1 point in two games and that Millonarios doesn’t score 7 points in the three remaining games – which would lead to the dispute with the Colombians still remaining.
