FLAMENGO - VERGONHA NA BASE E A ILUSÃO DOS MUNDIAIS - ATÉ QUANDO?

Flamengo was eliminated in the first phase of the Brazilian Under-20 Championship by Avaí, a team that finished the phase almost at the bottom of the competition. Two years earlier, this same group of players had been two-time champions of the Under-20 Libertadores Cup and the Under-20 World Cup. In this video, Mundo na Bola investigates why the international titles of Flamengo's youth teams have not translated into players sold, players used in the main team, or consistent domestic results. We show the three functions that every youth academy of a big club needs to fulfill: sell well, feed the professional squad, and win titles, and why Flamengo only fulfills one of them consistently. We compare the sales history of Flamengo, Vinicius Júnior, Lucas Paquetá, Reinier, and João Gomes, with the sales machine of Palmeiras' youth academy, responsible for more than one billion reais in deals with Endrick, Estêvão, Vitor Reis, and Luis Guilherme. We explain why Wesley shouldn't be cited as a recent example of Flamengo's youth academy, detail the vicious cycle that hinders the rise of young players at Ninho do Urubu, and show what Flamengo's own management, with Bap, Alfredo Almeida, and José Boto, is doing to try to reverse this scenario by 2027. Technical analysis of youth categories, transfer market, and athlete development in Brazilian football. Data, contracts, and numbers, with no room for conspiracy theories. 📲 FOLLOW MUNDO NA BOLA ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: @mundonabolaig X / Twitter: @mundonabola 🔔 Subscribe to the channel and activate the bell so you don't miss the next analyses about the behind-the-scenes, contracts, and finances of Brazilian football. 👍 Leave your like if you also think that youth titles are worthless without players ready for the professional level. 💬 Comment below: how many years do you think it's been since Flamengo produced a real full-back? 🔑 KEYWORDS: Flamengo, Flamengo youth academy, Flamengo youth categories, Ninho do Urubu, Libertadores Sub-20, U-20 World Cup, U-20 Intercontinental Cup, Palmeiras youth academy, Estêvão, Endrick, Vitor Reis, Luis Guilherme, Wallace Yan, Everton Araújo, Wesley Flamengo, João Gomes, Vinicius Júnior, Lucas Paquetá, Reinier, Alfredo Almeida, Bap Flamengo, José Boto, Brazilian youth football, transfer market #Flamengo #FlamengoYouthAcademy #Palmeiras #Vasco #NinhoDoUrubu #LibertadoresSub20 #YouthFootball #WorldOfFootball 📚 SOURCES CITED: CONMEBOL, CBF, ge.globo, ESPN, CNN Brasil, Terra, Portal do Palestra, Exame, Gazeta do Urubu, Bolavip, Wikipedia (Copa Libertadores) Under-20 and Under-20 Intercontinental Cup) The social media links are placeholders; I don't have the actual links to your channel. Just replace them before publishing.