Pedro, from Flamengo, surpasses Gabigol and becomes the new Maracana top scorer | Flamingo

The new Maracanã stadium has a new goalscorer. Striker Pedro has become the player who has scored the most goals on the field since the last renovation in 2013. Flamingo He overtook Gabigol, his teammate, and isolated himself in the artillery 78 goals.

The goal he scored against Madureira, in the last round of the Guanabara Cup, Pedro equaled Gabigol's tally of 77 goals at the new Maracanã stadium. The No.9 scored again against Fluminense, in a 2-0 win in the first match of the Carioca semi-final on Saturday.

– Normal (with a fee). We created scoring chances, of course we won't do all of them. We strive for excellence. Attacking is natural for a player who has to try to succeed in attacking. It's been a great year. It's about continuing to improve individually and collectively so we can have a great year with titles. This is what we want – Pedro commented during the mixed zone after the match.

The difference now is that Gabigol is the top scorer at the new Maracana Stadium. Of the 77 goals, number 10 scored 74 goals in the team’s shirt. Flamingo – Only three were for Santos. Pedro, in turn, has scored 67 goals in the red and black and 11 more from his Fluminense days.

With the shirt FlamingoPedro and Gabigol have very similar goal averages on the field. The number 9 is 0.56 (67 in 118 games) and the number 10 is 0.51 (74 in 144).

Bruno Henrique, from FlamingoCano, from Fluminense, and former player Fred complete the top 5 scorers at the new Maracana stadium with 53, 52 and 45 goals respectively.

With his goal against Flo, Pedro reached Carioca's nine goals and took over as top scorer in the tournament, overtaking Carlinhos do Nova Iguaçu, who will take the field on Sunday against Vasco in the other semi-final. Number 9 continues to score at a rate of one goal per match: nine goals in nine matches.

Pedro scored five goals at the Maracanã in 2024. He failed in El Clásico with Vasco and Botafogo, but then scored against Volta Redonda, Boavista, Fluminense, Madureira and Fluminense again.

Pedro, the top scorer of the stadium, the team and the tournament, returns to the field on Saturday against Fluminense in the second match of the Carioca semi-final. Rubro-Negro has the draw advantage, meaning Tricolor needs to win by three goals to qualify.

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