Flamengo 2-0 Coritiba: Early goals lead Flamengo to comfortable home win

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Flamengo strolled past Coritiba with a 2-0 win on Sunday at Maracana. Flamengo were looking to get back their winning ways after losing their last match 1-0 to Corinthians. Coritiba secured a point against Juventude in their previous match. At the moment, Flamengo are in 7th place in the table and have 24 points while Coritiba sit in 15th with 19 points after 17 matches.

Flamengo scored first, when Gustavo Henrique gave Flamengo the lead at the 13 minute mark. However they weren’t finished yet and Diego made it 2-0 in the 22nd minute. The score at half time was 2-0. Both teams struggled to produce anything in the second half and the match ended 2-0.

Substitutions for Flamengo included Vitinho, Everton Ribeiro, Thiago Maia, Giorgian De Arrascaeta and Matheus Franca for Pedro, Joao Gomes, Victor Hugo Gomes Silva, Lazaro and Marinho, repectively. Coritiba brought on Regis, Alef Manga, Thonny Anderson, Natanael and Bernardo Marcos Lemes, to replace Matias Galarza, Adrian Martinez, Val, Matheus Alexandre and Willian Farias.

Flamengo will play at home against Juventude, while Coritiba will face Corinthians away.

Technical card:
Flamengo:Santos, Matheuzinho, Pablo Castro, Gustavo Henrique, Ayrton Lucas, Joao Gomes (Everton Ribeiro, min.65), Diego, Lazaro (Giorgian De Arrascaeta, min.72), Victor Hugo Gomes Silva (Thiago Maia, min.66), Marinho (Matheus Franca, min.89) and Pedro (Vitinho, min.65)
Coritiba:Alex Muralha, Matheus Alexandre (Natanael, min.89), Guillermo De los Santos, Luciano Castan, Egidio, Igor Paixao, Willian Farias (Bernardo Marcos Lemes, min.89), Matias Galarza (Regis, min.46), Adrian Martinez (Alef Manga, min.64), Val (Thonny Anderson, min.65) and Leo Gamalho
Stadium:Maracana
Goals:Gustavo Henrique (1-0, min. 13) and Diego (2-0, min. 22)
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