Flamengo vs Ceará, 2020 Brasileiro Serie A

· Brazilian Serie A

Flamengo

FT
0 - 2

Ceará

13': Vinicius
90': Kelvyn

Flamengo lose 2-0 to Ceara, miss chance to close gap at top

Brazilian champions Flamengo lost 2-0 to mid-table Ceara on Sunday, extending their winless run to three matches.

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
3': Foul by Eduardo (Ceará).
3': Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the left wing.
5': Cleber (Ceará) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
5': Foul by Gustavo Henrique (Flamengo).
6': Gustavo Henrique (Flamengo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
8': Attempt blocked. Vinicius (Ceará) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eduardo.
10': Attempt blocked. Eduardo (Ceará) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Fabinho.
12': Attempt blocked. Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bruno Henrique.
13': Goal! Flamengo 0, Ceará 1. Vinicius (Ceará) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Leo Chú.
17': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Fernando Sobral.
21': Foul by Willian Arão (Flamengo).
21': Vinicius (Ceará) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Corner, Ceará. Conceded by Rodrigo Caio.
23': Attempt blocked. Tiago (Ceará) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vinicius with a cross.
24': Offside, Flamengo. Bruno Henrique tries a through ball, but Pedro is caught offside.
27': Attempt saved. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro.
27': Foul by Cleber (Ceará).
27': Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
28': Attempt missed. Gerson (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Bruno Henrique.
32': Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32': Foul by Leo Chú (Ceará).
33': Attempt saved. Gustavo Henrique (Flamengo) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Giorgian de Arrascaeta with a cross.
36': Cleber (Ceará) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Gerson (Flamengo).
36': Foul by Lima (Ceará).
36': Gerson (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39': Attempt missed. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gerson.
41': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Eduardo.
41': Attempt missed. Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giorgian de Arrascaeta with a cross following a corner.
42': Attempt missed. Vinicius (Ceará) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Cleber following a fast break.
45': Attempt missed. Pedro (Flamengo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
45'+2': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Eduardo.
45'+2': Attempt missed. Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Giorgian de Arrascaeta with a cross following a corner.
45'+3': Foul by Lima (Ceará).
45'+3': Willian Arão (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+3': Foul by Gerson (Flamengo).
45'+3': Leo Chú (Ceará) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45'+3': Gerson (Flamengo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+5': Attempt missed. Willian Arão (Flamengo) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Pedro with a cross.
45'+6': First Half ends, Flamengo 0, Ceará 1.
45': Second Half begins Flamengo 0, Ceará 1.
45': Substitution, Flamengo. Diego replaces Gustavo Henrique.
47': Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo) wins a free kick on the right wing.
47': Foul by Fernando Sobral (Ceará).
49': Attempt blocked. Gerson (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mauricio Isla.
50': Foul by Pedro (Flamengo).
50': Leo Chú (Ceará) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
53': Attempt saved. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego.
54': Offside, Flamengo. Giorgian de Arrascaeta tries a through ball, but Bruno Henrique is caught offside.
55': Richard (Ceará) is shown the yellow card.
56': Attempt missed. Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gerson.
58': Attempt blocked. Mauricio Isla (Flamengo) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
58': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Luiz Otávio.
59': Foul by Bruno Henrique (Flamengo).
59': Richard (Ceará) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Attempt saved. Cleber (Ceará) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Vinicius.
61': Substitution, Ceará. Charles replaces Lima.
61': Substitution, Ceará. Saulo Mineiro replaces Leo Chú.
63': Attempt missed. Gerson (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Giorgian de Arrascaeta.
64': Attempt missed. Gerson (Flamengo) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Mauricio Isla with a headed pass.
65': Hand ball by Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo).
66': Attempt missed. Pedro (Flamengo) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bruno Henrique with a cross.
67': Attempt missed. Pedro (Flamengo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Giorgian de Arrascaeta.
69': Attempt saved. Pedro (Flamengo) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mauricio Isla with a headed pass.
70': Substitution, Flamengo. Gabriel Barbosa replaces Everton Ribeiro.
73': Attempt missed. Pedro (Flamengo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Filipe Luís.
76': Substitution, Ceará. Kelvyn replaces Cleber.
76': Substitution, Ceará. William Oliveira replaces Fabinho.
77': Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Foul by William Oliveira (Ceará).
77': Substitution, Flamengo. Vitinho replaces Mauricio Isla.
82': Substitution, Ceará. Klaus replaces Tiago because of an injury.
82': Foul by Diego (Flamengo).
82': Vinicius (Ceará) wins a free kick on the left wing.
83': Hand ball by Saulo Mineiro (Ceará).
83': Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
83': Foul by William Oliveira (Ceará).
85': Diego (Flamengo) is shown the yellow card.
86': Attempt blocked. Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Flamengo) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
86': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Charles.
87': Foul by Saulo Mineiro (Ceará).
87': Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87': Substitution, Flamengo. Renê replaces Filipe Luís.
87': Substitution, Flamengo. Rodrigo Muniz replaces Pedro.
87': Offside, Flamengo. Diego tries a through ball, but Rodrigo Muniz is caught offside.
90': Goal! Flamengo 0, Ceará 2. Kelvyn (Ceará) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Charles.
90'+2': Foul by Rodrigo Muniz (Flamengo).
90'+2': Vinicius (Ceará) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+3': Diego (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3': Foul by William Oliveira (Ceará).
90'+4': Corner, Flamengo. Conceded by Eduardo.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Saulo Mineiro (Ceará) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Fernando Sobral.
90'+5': Attempt saved. Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
90'+6': Eduardo (Ceará) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+6': Foul by Bruno Henrique (Flamengo).
90'+7': Bruno Henrique (Flamengo) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+7': Foul by Fernando Sobral (Ceará).
90'+7': Second Half ends, Flamengo 0, Ceará 2.
0': Match ends, Flamengo 0, Ceará 2.

Statistics

CEA		FLA
12	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
1	Corner Kicks	6
5	Saves	2
25.6	Possession	74.4
8	SHOTS	21
4	ON GOAL	5
0.5	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
168	Accurate Passes	608
233	Passes	675
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	5
7	Crosses	24
0.3	Cross %	0.2
51	Long Balls	29
23	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.5	Long Balls %	0.8
3	Blocked Shots	4
10	Effective Tackles	11
19	Tackles	18
0.5	Tackle %	0.6
19	Interceptions	10
30	Effective Clearances	3
30	Clearances	3

Game Information

Competition: Brazilian Serie A

Venue: Estadio do Maracanã
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Brazil Serie A Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Flamengo	16	+24	36
2	Cruzeiro	17	+17	34
3	Palmeiras	15	+7	32
4	Bahia	15	+7	28

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Flamengo (4-4-2)

No.	Name
37	César (GK)
2	Gustavo Henrique
3	Rodrigo Caio
16	Filipe Luís
44	Mauricio Isla
8	Gerson
5	Willian Arão
14	Giorgian de Arrascaeta
7	Éverton Ribeiro
27	Bruno Henrique
21	Pedro

Flamengo Substitutes:

Diego, Michael Delgado, Vitinho, René, Pepê, João, João Gomes, Hugo Souza, Rodrigo Muniz, Natan, Gabriel Barbosa, Léo Pereira.

Ceará (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
91	Richard (GK)
13	Luiz Otavio
3	Tiago
6	Bruno Pacheco
86	Eduardo
29	Vinicius
88	Fernando Sobral
19	Fabinho
89	Cleber
26	Léo Chú
45	Lima

Ceará Substitutes:

Klaus, Eduardo Brock, Mateus, Vítor Jacaré, Ricardinho, Wescley, Kelvyn, Charles, Saulo, Fernando Prass, Pedrinho, William Oliveira.

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