Flamengo 3-1 Chelsea: Maresca´s males surprised by second-half comeback
Tremendous-sub Bruno Henrique made the distinction for Flamengo, who got here from behind to beat 10-man Chelsea 3-1 on the Membership World Cup.
He scored one and assisted one other as Flamengo’s dominance, helped by Nicolas Jackson’s pink card, put them accountable for Group D.
After a cagey begin to the match, Neto was introduced with a golden alternative when Wesley Franca misplaced his footing on the midway line, and the Portuguese winger burst ahead to make the most of the error, coolly ending to the goalkeeper’s left.
Flamengo pushed for an equaliser and virtually received one earlier than the break when Gerson directed a header in direction of objective, however Levi Colwill made an excellent goal-line clearance.
The Brazilian aspect had one other nice likelihood 10 minutes into the second half when an error from Reece James allowed Gerson to undergo on objective, however the defender recovered to make a block earlier than the rebound was put broad by Gonzalo Plata.
Flamengo lastly received their deserved objective within the 62nd minute when Henrique tapped house from Plata’s header on the again submit.
And they didn’t look again as they took the lead in comparable trend three minutes later. This time, Henrique was the supplier as his cross throughout objective was neatly completed by Danilo.
Issues received worse for Chelsea when substitute Jackson was proven a straight pink card for a poor sort out on Ayrton Lucas simply 4 minutes after approaching.
Wallace Yan then secured all three factors for Flamengo within the 83rd minute, combining with Plata earlier than firing previous Robert Sanchez on the close to submit.
This Mengão comeback. #FIFACWC
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Knowledge Debrief: Immediate affect for Flamengo
Filipe Luis, who spent a season at Chelsea as a participant, made the proper substitutions to swing the sport in Flamengo’s favour.
Henrique scored and assisted inside 10 minutes of coming off the bench, whereas Wallace Yan discovered the web 70 seconds after his introduction.
They ensured Flamengo’s victory, which is simply the second time a South American workforce have defeated a European aspect by a number of objectives on the Membership World Cup (all codecs) after Vasco da Gama’s 3-1 win over Manchester United in 2000.
In the meantime, Enzo Maresca’s first change was Jackson, who left the sphere promptly attributable to a reckless problem. The Blues had been shiny within the first half, however couldn’t maintain onto that momentum and completed the sport with simply 1.06 anticipated objectives (xG) to Flamengo’s 3.0.
