Dream over! Flamengo battle, lose to Praia Clube, miss Superliga final | OneFootball

Even with a packed Maracanãzinho, Flamengo couldn’t beat Praia Clube

This was not the time for Flamengo to return to a Women’s Volleyball Superliga final. With nearly 10,000 people at Maracanãzinho supporting the Most Beloved, Praia Clube won 3 sets to 2 this Friday (24) in game three of the semifinal round. The set scores were 25-23, 36-34, 22-25, 11-25, and 15-13.

As a result, the Superliga final will be an all-Minas Gerais affair. After all, Minas also beat Osasco this Friday (24) and secured its spot in the final. The title match will be held on May 3 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, in São Paulo. The title will be decided in a single match.

HOW DID THE MATCH GO?

The match was evenly balanced from start to finish. In the first set, Flamengo had the set in hand when it went up 22-20. However, the Rubro-Negro slipped up and allowed Praia Clube to come back. The visitors then closed it out 25-23.

The second set was surreal. A set that usually ends at 25 points (as long as there is a two-point gap over the opponent) went all the way to 36. Praia had several set points, and Flamengo kept saving them, until the moment the team from Minas opened up a two-point lead and came out on top.

Flamengo’s fans, who had been fantastic in the first two sets, cooled off a bit in the third. That was because everything was going right for Praia. To make matters worse, the visitors started at an intense pace and quickly went up 6-2. Coach Bernardinho then called a timeout, and Mengo responded, tying it at 11-11. That was enough to wake the Nation up, and it erupted to the sound of “oh, my Mengão.”

The support from the stands worked, and Flamengo turned it around to 22-20. If that score turned into drama in the first set, in the third Mengão did not slip up! A 25-22 win for the Rubro-Negro, and the Most Beloved stayed alive in the clash. 

Riding the momentum, Flamengo started the fourth set ‘on fire’ and immediately opened up a 9-1 lead. The Rubro-Negro remained in complete control of the match, to the point of making it 23-10. Calmly, Bernardinho’s team closed it out 25-11 and took the match to a tie-break.

HOW DID THE FLAMENGO X PRAIA CLUBE TIE-BREAK GO?

As happened throughout the match, the fifth set was, of course, pure emotion. Praia went up 4-2, but Flamengo turned it around to 6-4 with a blocking show. However, the team from Minas came back to make it 7-7. Once again, Mengo opened a two-point lead and made it 9-7. Still, the visitors moved ahead at 14-12, and that was how it ended: 15-13.

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