Flamengo today: the main Flamengo news this Monday, 24/08/2026 | OneFootball

Check out the main rubro-negro headlines this August 24

Coluna do Fla has gathered the main Flamengo news this Monday (24). That’s because the sports media has been buzzing with relevant updates about Rubro-Negro, who are preparing for the next round of the Brasileirão.

Arrascaeta’s attitude on social media after Flamengo’s defeat to Cruzeiro

Flamengo’s 2-1 defeat to Cruzeiro has someone taking responsibility. That’s because, on Sunday (23), Arrascaeta took to social media and said the result in the 24th round would not happen again. The rubro-negro idol also struck an optimistic tone in the message.

“Take responsibility and keep moving forward so that what happened today doesn’t happen again,”posted the number 10 on his official X profile, formerly Twitter. The message came after the match result at Mineirão.

Flamengo have a ‘free’ week to train with focus on their next Brasileirão match

After qualifying for the Libertadores quarterfinals, Flamengo faced Cruzeiro again in the 24th round of the Brazilian Championship. However, Mais Querido lost the match 2-1 at Mineirão. Now, out of the Copa do Brasil, Rubro-Negro will have a ‘free’ week to focus on training for the Brasileirão.

In short, this midweek features the first-leg matches of the Copa do Brasil quarterfinals. Since they were eliminated by Vitória, Flamengo will not take the field. That way, Leonardo Jardim will have around seven days to prepare the rubro-negro squad for the derby against Botafogo.

Relationship between Palmeiras and Vasco blows up in photo on the pitch, and even Flamengo gets dragged into it

The relationship between Palmeiras and Vasco got a new chapter this Sunday: Leila Pereira’s stepson posed wearing a Vasco shirt alongside the Palmeiras president minutes before the league leaders beat the second-from-bottom side and opened a 6-point gap over Flamengo.

Palmeiras beat Vasco 4-1 on Sunday (23), at Nubank Parque, and opened a 6-point lead over Flamengo, who had thrown away the lead against Cruzeiro on Saturday (22). But anyone who waited for the opening whistle to see the scene of the day waited too long.

It happened before that: Marcos Lamacchia, Leila Pereira’s stepson and a self-declared ‘groom’ of Vasco’s SAF, strolled across the pitch wearing a Vasco shirt and posed smiling next to his stepmother, the Palmeiras president, with Vasco officials also joining the photo. The relationship between Palmeiras and Vasco, which everyone had been whispering about, is now posing for pictures.

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