The Rio de Janeiro State Championship continued yesterday with four more games…
The biggest game was played at Bangu’s Moça Bonita stadium between Flamengo and newly-promoted Audax.
André Castro opened the scoring after only 3 minutes, taking advantage of a poor attempt by Flamengo’s left-back João Paulo to clear the ball.
The goal made Flamengo even more nervous and they failed to create chances to equalized. Manager Jorginho decided to sub off striker Hernane before the first half was over, Nixon replace him.
Flamengo started well the second half Nixon equalized after only 8 minutes, and more chances were created in the rest of the second half.
Audax kept resorting to playing on counter-attacks and the strategy paid off as Hyuri scored their second goal shortly before the final whistle.
Flamengo’s 1-2 defeat means they are virtually eliminated from the competition, manager Jorginho admitted they will now focus on the Brazilian Cup.
Other Sunday results:
Friburguense 5-0 Olaria
Macaé 1-3 Duque de Caxias
Resende 1-0 Bangu
