The Flamengo Herald
Squad19 Apr 2027
75 days out for Léo Ortiz after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Flamengo will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Match13 Apr 2027
Bruno Henrique lights up a European night for Flamengo
1‑1 against Botafogo, and a performance that will be described to people who were not there for the rest of the season. Bruno Henrique was at the centre of the description.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Agustín Rossi keeps Flamengo in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match17 Apr 2027
Whatever happens, Flamengo do not lose
11 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Age has not caught Alex Sandro yet — 8.20
At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.20 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
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
Danilo in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Flamengo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings19 Apr 2027
Jorge Carrascal was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. 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.
Match17 Apr 2027
Flamengo see off Sport Recife
Three points for Flamengo, 2‑0 the final word against Sport Recife in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Market Flamengo promote Fernando Fernandes from within
- Market Igor Mendes steps up from the Flamengo academy
- Market One of our own: Douglas Soares joins the Flamengo first team