Flamengo concede twice in extra time, lose Recopa to Lanús at the Maracanã | OneFootball

Flamengo ended up as runners-up in the Recopa Sudamericana on Thursday night. Right at Maracanã Stadium, the red-and-black team fell behind, managed to take the decision to extra time, but was ultimately defeated 3-2 by the modest Lanús.

Booed by their fans at Maracanã, Flamengo lost 4-2 on aggregate, since Lanús had won the first leg 1-0. The setback in the Recopa marks the team's second runner-up finish, having also lost to Corinthians in the Supercopa do Brasil final.

📋 Match Summary

🔴⚫FLAMENGO 2 x 3 LANÚS🟣⚪

🏆 Competition: Recopa Sudamericana 🏟️ Venue: Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 📅 Date: February 26, 2026 (Thursday) ⏰ Time: 9:30 PM (Brasília time) 🟨 Yellow Cards: Carrera (Lanús), Pulgar (Flamengo), Guidara (Lanús) and Lucas Paquetá (Flamengo) 🟥 Red Cards: None.

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Goals

🔴⚫Flamengo

Rossi, Varela (Bruno Henrique), Danilo (Léo Ortiz), Léo Pereira and Ayrton Lucas; Pulgar, Evertton Araújo (Jorginho) and Arrascaeta; Carrascal (Pedro), Samuel Lino (Everton Cebolinha) and Gonzalo Plata (Paquetá). Coach: Filipe Luís

🟣⚪Lanús

Losada, Guidara (Gonzalo Pérez), Izquierdoz, Canale and Marcich; Medina, Cardozo (Felipe Biafore) and Moreno; Salvio (Sepúlveda), Carrera and Castillo (Walter Bou). Coach: Mauricio Pellegrino

How the match went

At 28 minutes of the first half, Ayrton Lucas played the ball back to goalkeeper Rossi, who slipped. Castillo took advantage of the mistake and, with an open goal, put Lanús ahead in Rio de Janeiro.

Flamengo managed to quickly find the equalizer. At 35, Varela crossed into the box and the ball touched Carrera’s arm, leading the referee to award a penalty. Arrascaeta converted to tie the match.

In the second half, at the 35th minute, the referee awarded another penalty to Flamengo when Arrascaeta received the ball between two defenders and was brought down by Sepúlveda. Jorginho took the penalty, shooting down the middle, and leveled the aggregate score at 2-2.

Lanús shone in the second half of extra time. At 13 minutes, after a right-side corner, Canale rose above everyone and headed the ball into the net. Four minutes later, on a counterattack, Dylan Aquino dribbled past Rossi and sealed the historic title.

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