Flamengo thrash Sport, send them down and go top of the Brasileirão | OneFootball

Flamengo thrashed Sport 5-1 this Saturday at Arena Pernambuco, taking the lead in the Brazilian Championship. The team from Rio started behind but took advantage of two red cards for the Leão da Ilha and turned the game around with goals from Luiz Araújo, Juninho, Bruno Henrique, Ayrton Lucas, and Douglas Telles. The result relegates the Pernambuco club to Serie B.

Standings Situation

With the victory, Flamengo reached 71 points and took the lead in the Brazilian Championship. The team benefited from Palmeiras' 1-0 defeat to Santos, a result that kept Verdão at 68 points and paved the way for the red-black team to overtake them.

As for Sport, the defeat mathematically confirmed their relegation to Serie B. The team has had a terrible campaign, accumulating only 17 points and sitting at the bottom, with five rounds remaining in the competition.

Match Summary

🔴🟡 SPORT 1 X 5 FLAMENGO 🔴⚪

 Competition: Brazilian Championship (delayed match of the 12th round)  Location: Arena de Pernambuco, in Recife (PE)  Date: November 15, 2025 (Saturday)  Time: 6:30 PM (Brasília time)  Yellow cards: Riquelme (Sport); João Victor, Erick Pulgar, Saúl (Flamengo)  Red cards: Matheus Alexandre, Ramon Menezes (Sport)

Refereeing

Referee: Rafael Rodrigo Klein (RS) Assistants: Maira Mastella Moreira (RS) and Michael Stanislau (RS) VAR: Rodrigo D’Alonso Ferreira (SC)

Goals Pablo (14′ of the 1st half, Sport) Luiz Araújo (40′ of the 1st half, Flamengo) Juninho (15′ of the 2nd half, Flamengo) Bruno Henrique (17′ of the 2nd half, Flamengo) Ayrton Lucas (25′ of the 2nd half, Flamengo) Douglas Telles (34′ of the 2nd half, Flamengo)

🔴🟡 SPORT

Gabriel Vasconcelos, Matheus Alexandre, Rafael Thyere, Ramon Menezes, and Luan Cândido; Rivera (Riquelme), Lucas Kal, and Lucas Lima (Adriel); Léo Pereira (Sérgio Oliveira), Matheusinho (Aderlan), and Pablo (Igor Cariús) Coach: César Lucena

🔴⚪FLAMENGO

Rossi, Emerson Royal, João Victor (Michael), Léo Pereira, and Ayrton Lucas; Erick Pulgar (Evertton Araújo), Saul, and Wallace Yan (Juninho); Luiz Araújo, Bruno Henrique (Douglas Telles), and Samuel Lino (Everton Cebolinha) Coach: Filipe Luís

How was the game?

Flamengo had a scare at the start of the game. At 14 minutes, Pablo took advantage of a defensive lapse by the red-black team and opened the scoring for Sport. However, after the home team lost Matheus Alexandre to a red card, the team from Rio went on the attack and equalized with a beautiful shot from Luiz Araújo at 40 minutes.

The task became even easier at the end of the first half when Ramon Menezes received a red card, leaving Sport with two fewer players. Flamengo took advantage of the numerical superiority and turned the game around with a goal from Juninho at 15 minutes into the second half. Two minutes later, Gabriel made a mistake in playing out from the back, and the ball fell to Bruno Henrique, who chipped it over the goalkeeper to score the third goal.

The red-black team scored the fourth with a shot from Ayrton Lucas at 25 minutes and sealed the rout at 34 minutes with a goal from the young Douglas Telles.

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