Super-sub Bruno Henrique made the difference for Flamengo, who came from behind to beat 10-man Chelsea 3-1 at the Club World Cup.
He scored one and helped another like the Dominance of Flamengo, helped by the red card of Nicolas Jackson, she put control of group D.
After a Cagey start of the game, Neto got a golden chance when Wesley Franca lost his foot on the half line, and the Portuguese winger burst forward to take advantage of the error, which ended cool to the left -handed goalkeeper.
Flamengo urged an equalizer and almost got one before the break when Gerson pointed a header to the goal, but Levi Colwill made a brilliant goal line.
The Brazilian side still had a big chance of 10 minutes in the second half when a mistake by Reece James Gerson allowed to continue, but the defender recovered from making a block before the rebound was widely placed by Gonzalo Plata.
Flamengo finally got their deserved goal in the 62nd minute when Henrique tapped home from Plata's header on the back post.
And they didn't look back when they took the lead in the same way three minutes later. This time Henrique was the provider when his pass was neatly completed by Danilo over the goal.
It got worse for Chelsea when replacement Jackson received a straight red card for a bad tackle on Ayrton Lucas only four minutes after it rises.
Wallace Yan then secured all three points for Flamengo in the 83rd minute, combined with Plata before he shot Robert Sanchez on the near post.
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Filipe Luis, who spent a season at Chelsea as a player, made the perfect replacements to swing the game in favor of Flamengo.
Henrique scored and assisted within 10 minutes after the couch comes, while Wallace Yan found it just 70 seconds after his introduction.
They ensured that the victory of Flamengo, it is only the second time that a South American team has defeated a European side by several goals at the Club World Cup (all formats) after the 3-1 victory of Vasco da Gama on Manchester United in 2000.
In the meantime, the first change of Enzo Maresca Jackson, who immediately left the field because of a reckless challenge. The blues had been clear in the first half, but could not hold that momentum and ended the game with only 1.06 expected goals (XG) to Flamengos 3.0.