Flamengo down Fluminense as Pedro double sends them second | OneFootball

The Brazilian Championship has a new runner-up. This Sunday, Flamengo beat Fluminense 2-1 at the Maracanã in the 11th round of the competition. Pedro scored both goals for the Rubro-Negro.

Standings situation

In addition to winning the head-to-head clash against Fluminense, who were in third place before the round began, Flamengo also benefited from São Paulo’s stumble. As a result, the Rubro-Negro are in second place with 20 points — the same total as Fluminense, who are in fourth.

📋 Match summary

🟢🔴 FLUMINENSE 1 x 2 FLAMENGO 🔴⚫

 Competition: Brazilian Championship (11th round)  Venue: Maracanã, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ)  Date: April 12, 2026 (Sunday)  Time: 6 p.m. (Brasília time)  Yellow cards: Martinelli and Canobbio (Fluminense); none (Flamengo) Red cards: Carrascal (Flamengo)

Goals

Sending-off

Officiating

🟢🔴 Fluminense

Fábio; Samuel Xavier, Jemmes, Freytes and Renê; Martinelli (Savarino), Hércules and Lucho Acosta (Ganso); Canobbio, John Kennedy (Rodrigo Castillo) and Serna Coach: Luis Zubeldía.

🔴⚫ Flamengo

Rossi; Varela, Léo Ortiz (Danilo), Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro; Evertton Araújo, Lucas Paquetá and De Arrascaeta (De La Cruz); Plata (Carrascal), Pedro (Luiz Araújo) and Samuel Lino (Bruno Henrique) Coach: Leonardo Jardim.

How the match went

Flamengo were far superior in the first half. Just six minutes in, the Rubro-Negro opened the scoring: Fábio was put under pressure and played it out poorly, Samuel Lino won back the ball and passed to Pedro, who, with an open goal in front of him, found the net. The team kept pressing and dominated the opening half, but could not score a second.

At the start of the second half, Flamengo remained the better side. Five minutes in, Samuel Lino crossed to the far post and Pedro finished with his chest to extend the lead. Behind on the scoreboard, Fluminense pushed forward. In the 30th minute, the pressure paid off: after Alex Sandro made a poor back pass to Rossi, Savarino got there first, dribbled past Léo Pereira and finished to cut the deficit. In the closing stages, the Tricolor das Laranjeiras kept pressing and played the final two minutes with a man advantage after Carrascal was sent off in the 49th minute, but they could not find the equalizer.

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