Regatas Flamengo Club has officially secured its crown as champion of the Brazilian Football League, one round before the end of the competition.
The host defeated the Ceara club with an unanswered goal, in the match of the 37th round, which was hosted by the legendary “Marcana” stadium in the province of Rio de Janeiro, in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Brazilian striker Samuel Leno, who previously played for Atletico Madrid, scored; The only goal in the 37th minute of the first half.
The second title in a week
The young Brazilian coach, Luis Felipe, succeeded in giving Flamengo fans their second title within a week.
“Al-Mingão” won the Copa Libertadores, or the South American Champions League, on Monday, at the expense of his compatriot Palmeiras.
Former Brazilian international defender Danilo gave Flamengo victory after scoring the only goal in the final match held in the Peruvian capital, Lima.
The Brazilian club raised the number of its titles in the Libertadores to four, after the years 1981, 2019 and 2022.
Eighth or ninth league title?
Accounts varied between the international media and the official website of Flamengo Club about the number of titles achieved in the Brazilian League following its recent coronation.
Flamengo raised the number to nine in its publications, while the other party agreed on eight, that is, four fewer titles than record holder Palmeiras.
The owner of the red and black colors topped the Brazilian “Serie A” standings in the 1980, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2009, 2019 and 2020 editions.
While the 1987 edition remained disputed, after Flamengo and Sport Recife shared first place after organizing two separate competitions.
A management crisis within the Brazilian Football Confederation caused 13 clubs to announce their agreement to organize the league championship without resorting to the official federation.
Meanwhile, the Authority took the decision to hold another competition that included the clubs excluded from the first competition.
Flamengo won one, while Sport Recife won the second, and the Brazilian Confederation later proposed holding a final match to decide the identity of the champion.
Flamengo’s rejection of the request led to Recife resorting to judicial courts, which decided the case in his favor in 2017.
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