The Flamengo Herald
Squad19 Apr 2027
A fracture rules Nicolás de la Cruz out for 28 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Flamengo will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Erick Pulgar keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Flamengo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
A new deal for Vinícius Teixeira
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Luis Sinisterra was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Flamengo
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Flamengo
Saúl and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Agustín Rossi gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market19 Apr 2027
One of our own: Matheus Queiroz joins the Flamengo first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matheus Queiroz is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Apr 2027
Flamengo promote João Gomes from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. João Gomes has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.