Streaks, it is known, are meant to be broken. And that was what happened this Tuesday to Argentine goalkeeper Agustín Rossi in Flamengo's debut for the Copa Libertadores: in Colombia, Millonarios tied him 1-1 with one less player and stopped the unbeatable minute count in the Rio team. Janeiro.
Rossi went 1,134 minutes without conceding a goal in official matches of all competitions, becoming the goalkeeper with the greatest unbeaten record for 'Mengao', one of the most popular clubs in Brazil and a natural candidate for the top Conmebol tournament.
It was
Daniel Ruiz
, who had entered a while before, who was able to beat Rossi with a point-blank shot from inside the area when there were 10 minutes left on the clock and his team was with 10 players due to the expulsion of Larry Vásquez, in the play which led to the visitor's 1-0, converted from a penalty by Pedro.
The goal they scored against Rossi at the Campín stadium in Bogotá was only
the second of the entire season
: only San Pablo had been able to score against Flamengo, on December 6.
The former Boca goalkeeper, regardless of his mark within the Rio club, was the foreigner with the best unbeaten streak in Brazil, surpassing the
1,052 minutes
of Paraguayan
José de la Cruz Benítez Santa Cruz
(SC Internacional) in 1979.
Flamengo is one of the natural candidates due to its economic power and having been champion of this tournament in 1981, 2019 and 2022. Those who complete group E are Bolívar from Bolivia and Palestino from Chile.