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In the penalty shootout: for Vasco, Alecsandro scored, and Bernardo, Fellipe Bastos and Elton missed; for Flamengo, Renato Abreu, Fernando and Thiago Neves scored, and Fierro missed. Yellow cards: Fellipe Bastos, Alecsandro, Élton and Bernardo (Vasco); Bottinelli, Rodrigo Alvim and Galhardo (Flamengo). Red cards: Allan (Vasco) and Willians (Flamengo). Location: Engenhão (Rio de Janeiro). Referee: Luiz Antônio Silva dos Santos. Assistant referees: Ediney Guerreiro Mascarenhas and Marco Aurélio dos Santos Pessanha. Revenue: R$ 1,033,625.00 Paying audience: 33,946. Attendance: 39,029. VASCO Fernando Prass; Allan, Dedé, Anderson Martins and Ramon; Rômulo, Fellipe Bastos, Felipe and Diego Souza (Bernardo); Éder Luis (Élton) and Alecsandro. FLAMENGO Felipe; Galhardo (Fernando), Welinton, David Braz and Rodrigo Alvim; Willians, Renato, Bottinelli (Fierro) and Thiago Neves; Ronaldinho Gaúcho and Deivid (Wanderley). Coach: Vanderlei Luxemburgo On penalties and undefeated. Thus, Flamengo confirmed its hegemony in Rio de Janeiro and won, this Sunday, the title of the Campeonato Carioca by defeating Vasco in the final of the Taça Rio, on penalties, by 3 to 1, after a 0 to 0 draw in normal time. The Bonde sem Freio - which had already won the Taça Guanabara - stopped the Trem-Bala da Colina at Engenhão and, without the need for a championship final, increased the red-black advantage in the state, with its 32nd title. The Tricolor, which was the runner-up in the points total of the two rounds, has 30 victories. This was Flamengo's seventh consecutive victory in penalty shootouts: the last defeat was against Santos, in the 2004 Copa Sul-Americana. The superiority in penalty kicks was decisive for the team from Gávea to win the Carioca undefeated (with 11 wins and seven draws). This is how it eliminated Botafogo, Fluminense and Vasco in the semifinals and finals of the Taça Guanabara and Taça Rio. The final of the first round was an exception, with a 1-0 victory over Boavista. This Sunday, Renato, Fernando and Thiago Neves converted their penalties, with Fierro missing. Goalkeeper Felipe, decisive on other occasions, did not even need to make a save. The three missed penalties - by Bernardo, Fellipe Bastos and Elton - were shots that went wide. Alecsandro, who opened the dispute, scored. Vasco suffers yet another runner-up position against its opponent and sees the end of its hope, for now, of ending its eight-year drought without a First Division title - the last one was the 2003 Carioca. The team's next attempt is the Copa do Brasil, a competition for which the team will take to the field on Wednesday. It will face Atlético-PR at 9:50 p.m., at Arena da Baixada, in the first leg of the quarterfinals. In the same competition, Flamengo fans will meet the Rio champions on Thursday, again at Engenhão. The opponent will be Ceará, at 9:50 p.m.