📋 Flu named to face Mirassol and target second place
📋 Flu named to face Mirassol and target second place At Maião, in the interior of São Paulo state, Fluminense and Mirassol face off this Saturday (23) at 7:00 p. m. (Brasília time) in the 17th round of the 2026 Brasileirão.
The Rio Tricolor sits in third place with 30 points and is looking for a win to try to move into second, since Palmeiras (35 points) and Flamengo (31 points) will face each other later. Leão Caipira, meanwhile, which has one game in hand compared to the other teams in the league, is stuck in next-to-last place with only 13 points earned. As for Fluminense, coming off a 2-1 win over Bolívar, also in the continental tournament, coach Luis Zubeldía chose to start Samuel Xavier, Jemmes, Renê, Facundo Bernal, Soteldo, and Serna in place of Guga, Ignacio, Arana, Hércules, Canobbio, and Savarino, respectively.
📋 Check out Fluminense's lineup Featured photo: Raphael Marques/Flickr Cruzeiro This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.