While Palmeiras, the team leading Serie A Brazil, showed impressive performance and won early in the round 16 of the Libertadores 2025 Conmbol, Flamengo was in a difficult situation. Last night (May 7), Palmeiras defeated Cerro Porteno 2-0 at Asuncion (Paraguay), to raise the total score to 12 after 4 consecutive victories.
This victory helped “Verdao” become the first Brazilian team to win the right to this year’s tournament. Two goals from the Estevao and Vitor Roque prodigy helped Palmeiras to maintain the leading position in Group G, and in the next match next week they will meet Bolivar, the team that once made it difficult for Brazilian representatives in the first leg.
In contrast, Flamengo only got a 1-1 draw with Central Cordoba at Santiago del Estero (Argentina), causing them to continue waiting. Although Arrascaeta opened the score for Flamengo from the 10th minute, but Caston Veron of Central Cordoba has equalized in the 60th minute. With 5 points after 4 matches, Flamengo is currently ranked third in Group C, inferior to the top team LDU (Ecuador) and the second team of Central Codoba, the same distance from 3 points.
On the same day, Bahia also failed 1-3 to Nacional at the Arena Fonte Nova home yard. Despite the early lead thanks to Jean Lucas’s goal, Nacional came back with the goals of Morales, Nico Lopez and Millan. Bahia is still at the top of Group F with 7 points, but they will have to wait for the results from other teams.
Teams like Botafogo, Flamengo, Fortaleza and Bahia still have a chance, but they need to make more efforts in the upcoming matches.
