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Flamengo remains in fifth place in Group B of the Carioca

Flamengo lost 2-1 to Fluminense this Sunday (25), at Maracanã. With the setback in the classic, the Rubro-Negro distanced itself even further from qualifying for the Carioca quarter-finals. Currently, the team led by Filipe Luís is in fifth place in Group B.

Despite the unfavorable scenario, Vasco's 3-0 victory over Boavista this Sunday (25), at Estádio Elcyr Resende de Mendonça, in Bacaxá, ended up favoring Flamengo. With the result, the team from Saquarema dropped to third place, with six points, only two more than Mengão, which has four.

HOW IS GROUP B OF THE CARIOCA CHAMPIONSHIP?

WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THE CARIOCA CHAMPIONSHIP?

The Carioca is divided into two groups of six teams each. Thus, the top four advance to the quarter-finals. However, the teams that finish fifth and sixth will form a relegation round-robin.

It is worth noting that if Flamengo participates in the relegation round-robin, they will have to play six matches. Even so, the Rubro-Negro still holds hope for a combination of results that would qualify them for the quarter-finals, where, to win the title, they would need to play only four more games.

WHICH TEAMS ARE RELEGATED IN THE CARIOCA?

The four teams that will play the relegation round-robin face each other in a home-and-away format. The team that finishes with the worst score will play in the Série A2 of the Carioca. Therefore, Flamengo is trying to avoid embarrassment and aims to climb the table in the last round of the competition.

WHAT NOW?

Now, Flamengo sets aside the Carioca Championship and focuses entirely on the debut of the Brazilian Championship. Next Wednesday (28), at 9:30 PM (Brasília time), the Rubro-Negro faces São Paulo at Morumbi, for the first round of the national competition.

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