Flamengo concede twice late, finish Recopa runners-up 🎥 | OneFootball

Flamengo ended up only as the runner-up in the Recopa Sudamericana.

The defeat to Lanús happened in extra time, under heavy rain at Maracanã this Thursday (26).

The Argentine team opened the scoring with Rodrigo Castillo still in the first half, in a play marked by mistakes from Ayrton Lucas and Rossi.

Flamengo managed to turn the game around with two penalty goals, the first converted by Arrascaeta and the second by Jorginho.

The 2-1 goal, which took the match to extra time, came only in the 40th minute of the second half.

When the match seemed headed for penalties, Lanús scored two goals and secured the title.

See below for the best moments of the match:

The Match

As expected, Flamengo dominated possession and stayed in the attacking half for most of the game.

But it was Lanús who opened the scoring, capitalizing on a mistake just as the Rubro-Negro was trying to build an attack.

Rossi came out of goal and went near the halfway line to help start the play.

But when Ayrton Lucas passed the ball back to him, the pass was short and the Argentine goalkeeper slipped.

Castillo took advantage of the mistakes, regained possession for Lanús, and finished into the empty net.

The striker even dribbled past Rossi before coolly slotting the ball low into the goal.

After the play, Ayrton Lucas and Rossi were booed by the fans every time they touched the ball.

But Flamengo reacted quickly and equalized soon after with a penalty kick.

Varela tried a cross and the ball was intercepted by the arm of a Lanús player inside the box.

Arrascaeta took the penalty and leveled the score at 1-1 before halftime.

In the second half, the game became even more of an attack versus defense, but Flamengo struggled to create real chances to score.

Even with Filipe Luís bringing Pedro, Cebolinha, and Paquetá off the bench, the team still had trouble finishing from inside the box.

The comeback came with another penalty, awarded after Arrascaeta was brought down inside the area.

Jorginho was on the field and took the penalty that put Flamengo ahead at Maracanã in the 40th minute of the second half.

In extra time, scoring chances were rare.

For much of Thursday's game, Lanús relied on set pieces to try to get the ball into Flamengo's box.

And it was by following this strategy that the decisive goal for the title came, already in the final stretch of extra time.

After a corner kick, Canale headed the ball into the net and started the Argentine title celebrations.

Lanús still scored their third goal in the last play of the match, with Aquino finishing off a counterattack.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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