Carrascal in Flamengo: in the footsteps of Arias with Fluminense in Libertadores

Jorge Carrascal is close to making big history in Brazilian football with Flamengothe Colombian will play this weekend in the final of the CONMEBOL Libertadores 2025, will go with Fla for the continental title when they face Palmeiras.

Carrascal wants to repeat the consecration of a Colombian player as happened in 2023 when Jhon Arias was one of the great managers for the first Libertadores in the history of Fluminense.

In that edition of Libertadores Jhon Arias was fundamental in Fluthe winger played every game with the Rio de Janeiro club until he was crowned champion in the final with Boca Juniors. In total He played 13 games, all as a starter, scored 2 goals and gave 3 assistsa campaign in which he is remembered for being very unbalanced with his skill, dribbling and speed, but also for the great attacking partnership he formed with Germán Cano.

Carrascal follows in the footsteps of his compatriot With a Brazilian team in the continent’s top club competition, the midfielder did not have the opportunity to play in the group stage with Flamengo, as he became a Mengao player only in August when the Libertadores had already advanced to the round, but after this he was adding minutes in the different phases of the competition and standing out with capital letters in the only game in which they started him.

It was against Racing in the semifinals that he started as a first baseman and broke it, in fact, He scored the winning goal in that first leg which helped them win 1-0 on aggregate and advance to the Grand Final..

The rival now is Palmeiras and if Carrascal overcomes it he would achieve a feat equal to the one obtained with Jhon Arias in Fluminense.

However, Carrascal has one more opportunity to make his story with Flamengo bigger, The Colombian with Mengao is also close to obtaining the title in the Brasileirao where leaders march with two days remaining. In particular, Palmeiras is the only rival that could take that championship away from them as well.