📹 Flamengo cruise past Medellín, stay perfect in the Libertadores | OneFootball

At the Maracanã, Flamengo thrashed Independiente Medellín 4-1 this Thursday (16), in the second round of the 2026 Conmebol Libertadores.

The truth is that the match was completely under Flamengo’s control from the start, including when the Colombians managed to equalize.

After just three minutes, Carrascal missed what was probably the easiest goal of the year. He was completely free inside the six-yard box and with no goalkeeper in sight.

But it didn’t take long for Lucas Paquetá to strike in style with a classy angled finish to open the scoring.

Arrascaeta then began to put on a show with his talent on the pitch.

The Uruguayan star threatened from outside the box, sent a free kick toward the top corner that was stopped by the goalkeeper, and hit the post.

However, in a fortunate sequence that began with Carrascal carelessly losing the ball in midfield, Yony González silenced the Maracanã.

But, as mentioned earlier, Arrascaeta was having one of those special nights and, after breaking through on the left, he crossed onto Bruno Henrique’s head to put Flamengo back in front.

Even though Independiente Medellín also hit Rossi’s post in the first half, the Bruno Henrique-Arrascaeta duo clicked once again after halftime.

The Uruguayan star set up the forward and then ran into the box to receive the return assist and score Flamengo’s third.

Léo Pereira even found the net for the fourth, but a razor-thin offside call by VAR ruled the play out.

And the rout was sealed by Pedro, in the final play of the match, scoring his 164th goal in Flamengo’s red-and-black shirt.

🚦 Standings

With the result, Flamengo took over the top spot in Group A with six points, leaving Estudiantes in second place.

Independiente Medellín remain third with one point, while Cusco are still pointless at the bottom of the group.

In the Libertadores, Flamengo still have matches against Estudiantes (04/29 - away), Independiente Medellín (05/07 - away), Estudiantes (05/20 - home) and Cusco (05/26 - home).

Currently second in the Brasileirão, Flamengo return to action next Sunday (19), when they host Bahia at the Maracanã at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time) in the 12th round.

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