Flamengo out of Copinha, names squad for competition, here’s why | OneFootball

Flamengo will send a team to São Paulo to scout players

With the under-20 team focused on the first rounds of the professional Campeonato Carioca, Flamengo will not play in the Copa São Paulo de Juniores, the Copinha. However, the Rubro-Negro is ‘represented’ with 12 scouts in the state of São Paulo in search of athletes.

The competition will host 128 teams. Thus, Flamengo's scouting team will closely observe and prepare a report on more than two thousand athletes who will play in the Copinha. The best-evaluated ones will be closely monitored in the future by the management, technical coordination, and youth coaching staff. This information comes from the pages FlaZoeiro and FlaBase.

WHY WON'T FLAMENGO PLAY IN THE COPINHA?

Starting this Friday (02), the Copinha will take place until January 25, the date on which São Paulo's anniversary is celebrated. However, since Flamengo will begin the Campeonato Carioca with a team full of young players, there would be a clash of dates.

For example, Flamengo debuts in the Campeonato Carioca on January 11, against Portuguesa da Ilha do Governador, at a location yet to be determined. Meanwhile, the squad led by Filipe Luís will only reassemble on 01/12, aiming for the opening of the Brasileirão and the Supercopa do Brasil, which take place at the end of January and the beginning of February, respectively.

HOW MANY COPINHA TITLES DOES FLAMENGO HAVE?

Without a chance to win the fifth Copinha title, Flamengo will remain for another year as a four-time champion. After all, the Rubro-Negro lifted the trophies in 1990, 2011, 2016, and 2018. Thus, the Most Beloved occupies the fourth position in the winners' ranking, behind Corinthians (11), Internacional (5), and Fluminense (5).

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