Pedro shines with goal and assist as Flamengo claim Copa do Brasil win | OneFootball

This Sunday, for the 29th round of the Brasileirão, Flamengo hosted Palmeiras at Maracanã and won 3-2. Providing the assist for the first goal and scoring the third goal for the Rio team, forward Pedro highlighted his performance in the match.

“It was an important game. If we lost, we would be very far from Palmeiras even with many games ahead. But I'm happy to have done well, with a goal and an assist. It was a very important victory in this classic of Brazilian football. Congratulations on the great game today,” he said.

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With the result, Palmeiras remains in the lead, but now with the same 61 points as Flamengo, which is in second place due to having one less victory. Both clubs have one game less in the competition.

The Rubro-Negro returns to the field next Wednesday against Racing at Maracanã at 9:30 PM (Brasília time) for the first leg of the Libertadores semifinal. In the same tournament phase, but on Thursday, Palmeiras faces LDU at 9:30 PM at the Rodrigo Paz Delgado Stadium in Quito.

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