Flamengo Festival: the biggest win in history against Vasco :: Olé

He Flamengo had a huge party at Sao Januario, prior to the draw for the round of 16 series of the Copa Libertadores: Tite’s team beat Vasco da Gama 6 to 1as a visitor, in the biggest defeat against their classic rival in history by the Brazilian. The precedent was from 1943, by 6 to 2. Impressive joy for the torcida.

Of course, a victory of such magnitude left much to remember and analyze. Surely, for the Fla players it will be almost forgotten that the Portuguese coach Álvaro Pacheco debuted at Vasco, replacing Ramón Díaz after an interim period. Also, the Basques won 1-0 with a great goal from the Argentine Pablo Vegettiformer Belgrano, who turned around and from a very tight angle left the goalkeeper with no chance Agustín Rossiformer Boca and Lanús.

The central thing was the enormous collective party, and Gabigol’s vindication with his fans. The forward had been in controversy because in a private meeting with friends he put on a Corinthians shirt and the photo went viral… The attacker ignored the whistles at the start and scored the sixth goal. Then, the shield was kissed…

Tite’s team largely dominated the game. In fact, Rossi was only kicked into the goal one more time after the home team’s initial lead, which included Juan Sahora, formerly Newell’s, among the starters.

Fla provided dynamics and intensity, with great precision, with conviction and confidence to react after Vegetti’s goal. Everton equalized and then came the first luxury goal: Pedro put Tite’s team up 2-1. Vasco felt the impact, while the visitors were determined to go for more: David Luiz converted a corner, capitalizing on a very poor defense mark. Immediately, everyone felt that the match was over because Joao Victor went with the iron against Nico Dela Cruz: Referee Braulio Da Silva Machado cautioned the offender, but the VAR acted as it should to change from yellow to red.

Regarding the Uruguayan former River: he completed a very good task on the date of his 27th birthday.

Thus, with the local team with ten, the table was served and the plate was filled by De Arrascaeta, Bruno Henrique and Gabigol, who entered for Pedro.

Fla gave the best signal to reposition itself as a candidate in the Libertadores, in a group in which it was surpassed by Bolívar for first place.