Flamengo earns draw in first match without Ronaldinho

 RIO DE JANEIRO, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Vagner Love scored an injury-time equalizer on Wednesday as Flamengo earned a 2-2 away draw against Ponte Preta in Brazil's Serie A championship.

Playing in its first match since Ronaldinho quit and sued¹ the club for unpaid² wages last week, Flamengo looked hopelessly disorganized and short of inspiration³.

Ponte Preta's Rene Junior opened the scoring in the 15th minute at the Moises Lucarelli stadium before Renato Abreu equalized with a curling 30m freekick.

Joao Paulo made it 2-1 five minutes into the second half and the game looked to be out of reach for Flamengo before Love headed in Bottinellli's cross in the final minute of injury time.

The result leaves Flamengo in 11th place with three draws from its first three matches.

Meanwhile Alecsandro scored on either side of the break as Vasco da Gama defeated Nautico 4-2 while Fluminense's Carlinhos cancelled out a Wason Renteria opener to earn the Rio club a 1-1 away draw against Santos.

1 sued   

v.（为要求赔偿损失而）起诉( sue的过去式和过去分词 )；控告；请求；要求（尤用于法庭）

参考例句：

• The company sued for defamation. 这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。
• He sued the newspaper for libel. 他起诉那家报社犯有诽谤罪。

2 unpaid   

adj.未付款的，无报酬的

参考例句：

• Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。
• He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

3 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！