Pedro celebrates the rankings on a night with historic milestones

The author of a goal Flamengo beat Velez Sarsfield 2-1Tonight (7), in the Maracana, striker Pedro celebrated his classification to the final EditorsAnd they lived a historic night.

By scoring the net at the end of the first half, and leveling the match after Prato opened the scoring, he reached the 12th goal in the competition and became the top scorer in a copy – surpassing Zico, with 11, in 1981, and GabigolThe same number in 2021.

In addition, Pedro Zico and Bruno Henrique equaled the PFL scorers in the history of the continental championship with 16 goals behind Gabigol who scored 27 goals.

Dorival Júnior entered the field with the advantage of winning the first leg, in Argentina, with a score of 4-0, but Pedro ensured that the team stayed serious.

“No one from the team said it would be easy. The press and everyone was talking, but we kept it serious, like we did in the first game. They showed that they are a great team, they started playing very well, they scored 1-0 in the first half. In the first half they managed Professor Dorival from getting the score right and we turned around. A very complicated match, but it shows, once again, the ability of this team. The third final of this team [da Libertadores] I hope to win more titles.”

The striker also did not hide his expectation to be on Tite’s list, on Friday’s call-up, for the friendly matches against Ghana and Tunisia, on 23 and 27, in France:

“Summoning… I’m very happy with this moment I’m in. Good expectations, but, as I always say, keep working, developing that, God willing, the doors of choice will open.”