Varela outshines Emerson Royal, stands out at full-back for Flamengo | OneFootball

With the sale of Wesley to Roma, Flamengo signed Emerson Royal to take over the right back position, but the one who stood out in the role was Guillermo Varela. The Uruguayan has been playing as a starter and has been performing well in the red-black jersey.

In the first match of the round of 16 of the Libertadores, against Internacional, Emerson Royal suffered an injury and was replaced at halftime by Varela, who had a good performance. Since then, the Uruguayan has become a starter for Flamengo with numbers that qualify him to be among Filipe Luís's starters.

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In the last six games for the Rio club, Varela has two assists and one goal, which secured the victory of the team over Estudiantes, in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores.

During the same period of the matches, the right back has accumulated seven decisive passes and a 36% success rate in crosses. The data is from the statistics platform Sofascore.

During this period, Varela also joined the Uruguayan national team and started the match against Peru, in the Qualifiers, where he also contributed with an assist.

This Sunday, Flamengo returns to the field for a classic match against Vasco, for the Brasileirão. The ball rolls at 5:30 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã.

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