Samuel Lino

Left Midfielder - Flamengo
4 Sep 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Samuel Lino

4 Edition

The Flamengo Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

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Samuel Lino beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 33. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Market

Flamengo say no — this time

The offer from Castellón for Erick Pulgar was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Guillermo Varela hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Flamengo can pretend not to have heard.

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Nothing got past Léo Pereira

23 defensive actions and a clean sheet at the end of them. A defender's afternoon can only be told by what did not happen, which is why nobody makes a highlights package out of one and every manager in the division would take it.

Market

Eyes on Luiz Araújo again

The phone has started ringing about Luiz Araújo again, and this time the name on the line is Castellón. Flamengo are listening politely and promising nothing.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Agustín Rossi

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Flamengo come up short against Bragantino

Bragantino left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Match

Flamengo find a way past Cruzeiro

Cruzeiro made Flamengo work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

A falling-out at Flamengo

Vitão and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

In brief