Mengao can blame the ref for not showing the exit to Botafogo’s Fahel but it all comes down to this. If you waste scoring chances and you play defense like a little old lady you will surely lose.

This is exactly what happened to Flamengo in the semifinals of the Taça Guanabara Wednesday night at Maracana.

Flamengo lost to hated foe Botafogo 2-1. Am I sad?  Does a chicken have lips? Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Give me a break. In a span of ten hours on Wednesday, both of my teams have stunk the joint out.

Arsenal decided to play like Monty Hall and Let’s Make a Deal.  Maybe the Gunners were trying to out do Arsenio Hall. This is what I know for sure. This Keystone Cop routine has to stop.

Maybe Arsenal and the Philadelphia Eagles should join forces and shoot themselves in the foot.

Mengao jumped out to an early 1-0 lead. Rubro-Negro made a great steal in their defensive end of the pitch. In flash Flamengo rammed the ball down the pitch. In a matter of moments, Pacheco beat two defenders. He walked the ball into the back of the net in the 25^thminute to give us Flamenguistas a 1-0 lead.

I thought Jeez, Mengao is sure looking good.

This was not the case. Adriano and Vagner Love wasted at last six scoring opportunities between them.

Waste not want not was what my mother always told me. For if, you waste scoring chances this will come back and bite you in the butt.

This sure did.

Fogao fired a great long ball into the far edge of the box. A header into the goalmouth.  A shot on goal. Blocked by Bruno. Rebound. One timer by Cordeiro into the back of the net. We are all even at one all in the 34^th minute.

Bruno looked like he was making windmills on the rebound shot.

Mengao decided to take a siesta in the long free kick by Botafogo. The ball is perfectly placed near the top edge of the box. A header to Canedo. He literally walks past two Flamengo defenders and a dumb struck Bruno in the 84^thminute to salt this baby away for Botafogo.

Fogao wins 2-1.

Mengao is sent home packing

What a way to ruin a perfectly good Wednesday for me.

It could have been worse.

A sportswriter once asked former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach John McKay,” How about your teams execution?” McKay replied, “ I am in favor of it.”

Maybe Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger and Flamengo’s Andrade are in favor of their team’s execution as well too.

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