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Sesc-Flamengo won all 11 games in the first round of the Superliga

Perfect campaign! This is how the first round of Sesc-Flamengo in the Women's Superliga can be summarized. With 11 victories in 11 games, Mengão finished the first round in the lead. This Friday (19th), the team led by coach Bernardinho defeated Mackenzie 3 sets to 1, in Belo Horizonte. Set scores were 25-27, 25-23, 25-20, and 25-18.

With this, Flamengo reached 30 points, one above Minas, which has only one defeat in the competition, to the Rubro-Negro. In other words, the teams are expected to have a fierce battle in the second round for the top spot. Meanwhile, Mackenzie continues to fight to avoid relegation, as they are in tenth place.

HOW WAS THE GAME?

As Flamengo is competing for the title, the expectation was for an easy victory. However, the home team won the first set, 27 to 25. In the second, the match was also balanced, but Mengão took advantage of the opponent's mistakes to close at 25 to 23.

The third set followed the same path, with the teams exchanging points. At one point in the match, Flamengo was leading 11 to 10. However, from there, the Rubro-Negro accelerated and closed at 25 to 20, the set with the largest difference in the match so far.

However, in the last set, Flamengo broke their own record. With Wank inspired (scoring 25 points in the match), Mengão managed to open 9 to 3. Thus, the red-blacks just managed the lead and emerged victorious once again in the Superliga.

WHEN IS FLAMENGO'S NEXT GAME?

Now, the Superliga will take a break due to the year-end festivities. The competition will resume on January 7th, when Sesc-Flamengo will face Paulistano. The game will start at 9 PM (Brasília time), at the José Correa Gymnasium.

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