Flamengo thrash Brasília, close in on Superliga top spot | OneFootball

Flamengo cruised past Brasília this Friday (06)

The big favorite for the Women’s Volleyball Superliga title is Sesc RJ Flamengo. This Friday (06), coach Bernardinho’s team easily defeated Brasília, winning 3 sets to 0. The set scores were 25-18, 25-19, and 25-19. The match took place at the Georgiana Pflueger Gymnasium, in São Luís, Maranhão.

With this victory, Flamengo now has 16 wins in 17 games in the Women’s Superliga. It’s worth noting that the first phase consists of 22 matches. In other words, Mengão is close to securing the top spot in the standings for the classification stage. With one game less, Minas is in second place, with 14 wins and two losses.

WHY WAS THE GAME IN MARANHÃO?

With the goal of expanding the Superliga to all corners of Brazil, the competition’s organizers took two Flamengo games to the Northeast. The first was this Friday (06), in Maranhão, and the second will be in Recife, on March 19, against Sorocaba.

HOW WAS BRASÍLIA VS FLAMENGO?

Although Brasília was the home team, at least in theory, the gym in São Luís was filled only with Flamengo fans. With the support of the Nation, the Most Beloved sped ahead in the first set, opening up an impressive 16 to 5 lead. In the final stretch, the Rubro-Negro relaxed a bit, but still closed it out at 25 to 18.

In the second set, the pace was different. With Brasília more focused on the match, the teams traded points, even tying at 11 to 11. At that point, coach Bernardinho called a timeout, and the Rubro-Negro regained control of the match, finishing at 25-19.

In the third and decisive set, the match wasn’t as easy as the first, nor as balanced as the second—in other words, it was somewhere in between. Inspired, Tainara and Lorena shone in attack, supported by the competition’s best player, Simone Lee, and Mengão managed to close out the match, to the delight of the Nation in Maranhão.

WHEN IS FLAMENGO’S NEXT GAME IN THE SUPERLIGA?

As the isolated leader of the Superliga, Flamengo returns to the court next Thursday (12), during Carnival, against Sancor Vôlei, at the Tijuca Tênis Clube Gymnasium. The match starts at 7:30 pm (Brasília time), with streaming on VBTV. However, Coluna do Fla will bring updates on the match day.

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