After beating Coritiba at Mané Garrincha 2-0 last Saturday – as Maracanã is closed for lawn renovation -, Flamengo returns to Brasília to face Juventude, this Wednesday, at 8:30 pm (Brasilia time) , for the 18th round of the Brazilian.
In last Saturday’s victory, Dorival Júnior spared some players and selected a very modified team. Now, the trend is for the coach to repeat the lineup of the 2-0 victory over Atlético-MG, for the Copa do Brasil. Gabigol, who served a suspension, returns, as does David Luiz, who has recovered from knee pain. The novelty may be the debut of Everton Cebolinha with the red-black shirt. The player will be on the bench and must enter the second half of the match.
Lantern of the Brasileirão with only 13 points, Juventude enters the field urgently needing to react in the championship. Coach Umberto Louzer will have the debut of the only signing made by the club so far, midfielder Bruno Nazário. So Marlon goes to the bench. In addition to this change, the team will have the return of midfielder Yuri Lima, absent from the last two games. The tendency is for him to play alongside Jean Irmer and Jadson, forming a midfield with three markers. In the attack, the Paraguayan Isidro Pitta can win the place of Ricardo Bueno.
The teams faced each other 25 times. Thus, the match is well balanced, with Juventude having an advantage victory, with 10 triumphs in their favor against Flamengo’s nine. Thus, in the artillery the visitors are also ahead with 37 goals scored against 32 conceded.
