Flamengo signals main character for final game with Atlético-MG

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo will face, this Sunday (3), Clube Atlético Mineiro in the first match of the Copa do Brasil decision and the club reaches this stage of the dispute without having a renowned protagonist.

Who doesn't play

Without being able to count on Cebolinha and Arrascaeta, sidelined by injuries in the final stretch, the team suffers from the lack of number 9, Pedro, the competition's top scorer and who was the biggest reference of the red and black attack. The player, while serving for the Brazilian national team, ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee and, therefore, will no longer play this season. However, some projects by the technical committee can have positive impacts on the sequence of games. One of which is having the athlete Gerson in midfield. Even though he is not considered a goal scorer, the Joker has commanded the team and provided precise passes resulting in goals.

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_{Filipe Luis, Flamengo coach, gestures at the edge of the field to his player (reproduction/Wagner Meier/Getty Images Embed)}

Other actors have stood out in this absence of protagonists on the field, and they are the players Gonzalo Plata, Alcaraz and Michael, athletes hired in the middle of the year and who become strong candidates to take on the main role in the search for the competition title.

Hope for good performances

Michael, in fact, is a player who identifies with the club and has always been in favor with the fans, but an injury two months ago interrupted the good phase he was experiencing shortly after returning to Gávea. Without a doubt, once he has recovered, he will become one of the most effective strikers of Rubro Negro in Rio.

The one who has now become a bet for the technical committee is Gabriel Barbosa. The number 99 is facing his worst moment at the club and needs to regain his position as the main actor in decisions to once again receive the acclaim of a hero from the fans. He will start in these two clashes, here and later at the opponent's home, and if he returns to his best performance, he will also regain the leading role that has always been his.

Featured photo: Filipe Luis, from Flamengo, enters the field before the first game of the semi-finals (reproduction/Wagner Meier/Getty Images Embed)