Flamengo hosts Bahia to end crisis rumors

Flamengo and Bahia face off in the 8th round of the Brazilian Championship this Saturday at 9 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã. Rubro-Negro comes into the match coming off a draw with a very poor performance against Central Córdoba in the Libertadores and Tricolor Baiano, despite the defeat to Nacional at home in the Libertadores, has been achieving good results throughout the matches.

The red-black team enters the game under pressure, as they expect a better performance than the one they had against Central Córdoba and Cruzeiro , matches in which Flamengo made many unusual technical errors during Filipe Luís's work. The red-black team would come to the field with this probable eleven: Rossi; Wesley, Léo Ortiz, Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro; Allan, Pulgar, Arrascaeta, Gerson and Everton Cebolinha; Pedro. Nico De La Cruz will be out due to an accumulation of cards and Gonzalo Plata is still recovering from a knee injury.

The team that Rogério Ceni would send to the field would be: Marcos Felipe; Gabriel Xavier, David Duarte, Mingo and Luciano Juba; Jean Lucas, Rodrigo Nestor and Everton Ribeiro; Cauly, Erick Pulga and Lucho Rodríguez. The Tricolor's absences are midfielders Erick and Caio Alexandre, both serving suspensions for accumulating yellow cards.