Flamengo board see winning the Brasileiro on Wednesday as crucial | OneFootball

Flamengo depends on its own efforts to become the champion of the 2025 Brazilian Championship. Just one win in two games is enough to take the victory lap.

The first opportunity comes next Wednesday at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), against Ceará at Maracanã. Afterwards, if it doesn't work out, there is the match against Mirassol on December 7, in the interior of São Paulo. However, the management wants everything to be decided against the team from Ceará, especially because of the Intercontinental Cup.

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Copa Libertadores champion, Flamengo will make its debut in the Intercontinental Cup on December 10, against Cruz Azul, at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, in Qatar.

"We have a game on Wednesday and we have to win," said Luiz Eduardo Baptista, known as Bap, Flamengo's president after the final in Lima.

If they are not crowned champions next Wednesday, Flamengo will have to face Mirassol with all its starters just three days before their debut in the Intercontinental Cup. The trip will take place two days before the match.

In the view of the directors, Flamengo could end up suffering the same fate as Botafogo did in 2024. On that occasion, the Glorioso were crowned Brazilian champions on Sunday and, exhausted, lost 3-0 to Pachuca the following Wednesday. Thus, beating Ceará is considered fundamental at the club.

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