Flamengo add Brazil’s Serie A title to Copa Libertadores crown and have PSG in sight in Intercontinental Cup in Qatar.
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4 days after beating Palmeiras to win their fourth Copa Libertadores, Flamengo secured the Brazilian title with a 1-0 success in opposition to Ceara at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium on Wednesday.
It was a ninth Brazilian crown for the nation’s hottest soccer membership, and their third within the final seven seasons.
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Samuel Lino, the membership’s document signing, scored the one aim of the sport in opposition to Ceara to keep up Flamengo’s now unassailable five-point lead on the high of Serie A over Palmeiras with only one recreation to go.
The newly topped champions squeezed previous Palmeiras with a 1-0 win in Saturday’s Copa Libertadores last, which was staged within the Peruvian capital of Lima.
They’ve now develop into solely the fifth Brazilian aspect in historical past to finish the Serie A-Copa Libertadores double, having additionally completed so in 2019.
“In a number of years (the gamers) will realise what they’ve achieved,” mentioned Flamengo’s coach Filipe Luis. “They’re everlasting!”
Pele’s Santos did the double in 1962 and 1963, and Botafogo managed it final yr.
In the meantime, Neymar scored a hat-trick for Santos of their 3-0 victory over Juventude to spice up the Sao Paulo-based membership’s hopes of avoiding relegation.
Santos at the moment are two factors away from the underside 4 relegation spots with one match to go, in opposition to third-placed Cruzeiro, who may but pip Palmeiras to second place.
The season just isn’t over for Flamengo, who can nonetheless safe a treble by profitable the Intercontinental Cup.
The Carioca membership will play Mexicans Cruz Azul, the CONCACAF champions, on Wednesday of subsequent week earlier than the winner of that match takes on Egypt’s Pyramids, champions of Africa, for a spot within the last in opposition to European champions Paris Saint-Germain in Doha on December 17.
