Líder from Grupo A from CONMEBOL Libertadores with 13 points, Flamengo ends its participation in the group stage this Tuesday (26), at 9:30 pm, against Cusco, with transmission on the Disney+ premium plan. The Rio team is already guaranteed the round of 16, but is looking for a feat it hasn’t achieved since 1984: finishing the first phase with the best overall classification.
The goal difference favors Flamengo. The team has a difference of +9, while Independiente Rivadavia and Rosario Central, both Argentines, have +7 and +9 respectively. Ambas have the same 13 points. The red-black difference is in defense: Flamengo has not conceded a goal in the competition so far, contrary to its direct rivals.
The missing feat since 1984
In the 1984 edition of Libertadores, Flamengo scored 11 points in 6 games — a time when victory was worth 2 points. Apesar with the best overall classification, the team did not advance beyond the semi-final, played as a group that season. Grêmio moved on, but fell in the final to Independiente’s Argentina.
Curiosidade marks the red and black history. In all 4 times they won the Libertadores title (1981, 2019, 2022 and 2025), Flamengo did not finish the group stage with the best overall classification. In the 2022 edition, the team’s best campaign, Flamengo scored 16 points and won the title undefeated, despite not being at the top of the general classification in the first phase.
Confronto direct and next steps
Cusco arrives at the final confrontation already eliminated from the competition. The Peruvian team was unable to stay in the fight for a place in the round of 16 and entered the field just to fulfill the tournament calendar. Mesmo therefore, Flamengo cannot relax and continues in search of a positive result that will help them consolidate their undisputed leadership in the group.
Após Tuesday’s round, CONMEBOL Libertadores continues with its commitments. Às 7pm, at the same broadcast time as Disney+, São Paulo faces Boston River, from Uruguai, on Copa Sul-Americana. Grêmio receives Montevideo City Torque, also from Uruguai, at the same time. Às 8:30 pm, Jogo 4 of the court semi-final between Pinheiros and Corinthians takes place.
Atrações on Disney+ for Tuesday
The streaming platform concentrates different sports on the day:
- 6am: first round of Roland Garros
- 7pm: São Paulo x Boston River (Sul-Americana) and Grêmio x Montevideo City Torque
- 8:30 pm: Jogo 4 of the semifinal Pinheiros x Corinthians (court)
- 9:30 p.m.: Flamengo x Cusco (Libertadores)
Flamengo remains firm in its campaign for Libertadores. With the mathematical guarantee in the round of 16, the Rio team tries to write its name in the history of the competition — not by winning the title, which it has already won 4 times, but by the rare feat of finishing the initial phase as the best overall finisher, a mark it has not reached for over 40 years.