And Galo came out victorious at the Maracanã, winning 1-0 in front of 64,681 spectators.
Cuello scored the goal in the first leg of the Round of 16 after a mistake by Léo Pereira in a match full of debuts.
Excitement already in the 1st half
The opening minutes saw a missed chance by Hulk and a penalty appeal.
Flamengo went into halftime with more possession and control of the game.
But they were unable to be lethal inside the opponent’s box.
Evertton Araújo hit the crossbar. And Everson frustrated a good effort from Plata.
Meanwhile, Galo – who managed to contain Flamengo’s momentum – posed real danger with Hulk in the final minutes.
Error, debuts, and attempts
Filipe Luís bet on the debut of Samu Lino, along with the return of Ayrton Lucas and the speed of Wallace Yan.
Flamengo had more of the ball. But without creating real danger against a Galo side that managed to attack.
And they opened the scoring by pressing Flamengo’s build-up and capitalizing on a mistake by Léo Pereira, which Cuello punished (20’).
The remainder of the second half saw three more debuts: Alexsander for Galo, and Emerson Royal and Saúl for Flamengo.
The expected pressure from Filipe Luís’ team came, pushing Atlético back.
Samu Lino almost scored in the 39th minute after getting past Lyanco, but Everson denied him.
The former Atlético de Madrid striker even scored in the 50th minute, but it was ruled offside.
Atlético held on and will advance to the quarterfinals if they aren’t scored on in BH.
The second leg will be next Wednesday (6), with Arena MRV as the stage.
Atlético will have the advantage of a draw in front of their fans.
Flamengo, on the other hand, will need to win by two goals to advance in regulation time.
A win by one goal will take the decision to penalties.
Both teams will play again on Sunday (3), for the 18th round of the Brasileirão.
The Rubro-Negro will head to Arena Castelão to face Ceará.
And Galo will face Red Bull Bragantino in BH.
Photo: Pedro Souza / Atlético
Read the full article here
