Flamengo's opponent in the Brasileirão, Athlético-PR is beaten and leaves the Copa Sudamericana

After the tragic elimination of Flamengo in the Libertadores, against Peñarol, the journalist Renato Maurício Prado, wrote in his 'Uol' column, questions, for him, without answers, regarding the work of Tite and the Flamengo board in the current season.

Following in full:

1. How can a team that needs to win not shoot on goal? In two entire matches, against Peñarol (which spends less than 15% of Flamengo's salary on its football), there were only two shots towards the rival's goal.

2. How can a coach leave the club's most expensive signing, Carlos Alcaraz, on the bench, preferring to exchange Fabrício Bruno for David Luiz, as if that would make any difference?

3. How can a coach who calls himself a "chameleon", for "knowing how to play in different ways", attribute the resounding failure of his work to the injury of a center forward, Pedro, around whom the team's entire scheme was created?

4. How this scheme never worked, even with Pedro on the field, during most of the poor Libertadores campaign, with defeats to Bolívar. Palestinian and what not?

5. How could the work of a year, considered by many to be the best Brazilian coach in activity, been unable to produce even a draft team with the supposedly best squad in Brazil?

6. How did Carioquinha's impregnable defense become a sieve, Swiss cheese, even though it has admittedly good quality players?

7. How did De La Cruz and Arrascaeta start to play so badly? What's wrong with preparing both?

8. How do Rodolfo Landim and Marcos Braz still think they will win their respective elections with another year of collecting failures, like in 2023?

9. How can Flamengo believe that they will win the Copa do Brasil by continuing such poor work?

10. How has Tite not been fired yet?

Gerson regretted the elimination of Flamengo to Peñarol, this Thursday (26), in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. The teams drew 0-0 in Uruguay — the Uruguayans had won the first game 1-0, at Maracanã. The midfielder spoke about Flamengo's anxiety in the search for a goal in tonight's game and assessed that the classification was lost in the first game. What did he say?

Anxiety about scoring a goal. We had a good first half, we accelerated the game in the second half, we got into his game. It's sad, difficult to talk about. Frustrated with the result, we lost classification on the first leg, at home.

Gerson, on ESPN

They played both series for one ball, they got it and it's their credit. That's what they planned. It's difficult to talk, it's sad, we wanted things. Now we have to raise our heads, we have Brazil and the Brazilian Cup ahead of us.

Léo Pereira

We are angry about the game we played at home, but after we scored the goal we started to accelerate a lot. We were very impatient and left something to be desired at home. Here we impose ourselves, I don't remember a clear chance for them. It's about apologizing to the fans, we still have the rest of the season, we have to work hard to win the title in the Copa do Brasil or the Brazilian Championship.

Fabrício Bruno

The team's next opponent Flamengo will be Athlético-PR, in a match valid for the Brazilian Championship. The duel is scheduled for 8pm, at Maracanã.

The ball is about to roll for another round of Brazilian Championship. This Sunday (16), Flamengo faces Athletico-PR at 4pm (Brasília time), in the ninth round of the competition national by points. For the clash at home, the team from Paraná has five confirmed absences.

Athletic-PR coach, Cuca knows that he will not be able to count on Bento and Canobbio, who are serving the teams of Brazil and Uruguay, respectively. . Furthermore, Luan Patrick is out of the club's plans. Finally, Petterson and Renan Viana remain sidelined due to indiscipline.

Due to the Copa América, Flamengo will also suffer from important absences in the match against Athletico-PR. This is because five players are working for their respective teams. Arrascaeta, De La Cruz, Varela and Viña (Uruguay), and Erick Pulgar (Chile). Furthermore, Everton Cebolinha and Igor Jesus are injured and are out of action.

Finally, Allan and Ayrton Lucas, recovering from injuries, are not yet confirmed for the duel. One person who will also not be available on the sidelines against Athletico-PR is Tite. This is because the red-black coach is subject to automatic suspension due to accumulation of cards.

Flamengo and Athletico-PR face off in the next Sunday (15), starting at 4pm (Brasília time), for the ninth round of the Brazilian Championship. For the match, Rio's red and black fans promise massive support at the Ligga Arena, as all tickets available to visitors were sold out within 24 hours of the start of sales.