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Copa do Brasil São Paulo vs Flamengo


Copa do Brasil
São Paulo vs Flamengo
19:30 ET

With five consecutive victories in tow, Fernando Diniz's team arrives in a spectacular moment of form to end Flamengo's aspirations to win the Brazil Cup, the great pending task for the continent's monarch.

Dani Alves, Brenner, Luciano and Luan are some of the names that shine with their own light in a 'Tricolor' that has not achieved an important tournament since 2012 when he raised the Copa Sudamericana. From then on they have all been disappointments for one of the biggest clubs in Brazil.

On the sidewalk in front, Flamengo cannot get out of the bad streak in which he lives. The 'Mengao' has not won for three games and not even the newcomer Rogerio Ceni has managed to raise his head to a club that does not stop accumulating casualties in this crucial stretch of the season.

Gabigol is the latest star to fall from grace: the striker suffers pain in his right thigh just a few days after reappearing on the pitch. His absence against Sao Paulo will mean that Rogerio Ceni must bet on Lincoln by not having Pedro available either.