COMMENTATOR CRITICIZES TITE'S INSISTENCE ON GERSON IN FLAMENGO'S SELECTION AGAINST CORINTHIANS

Arrascaeta's clinical evolution in relation to his thigh injury will determine whether he will start against Corinthians. Coach Tite has already outlined the starting team, but Venê Casagrande criticized the coach's insistence on Gerson, at Flamengo. The likely lineup has: Rossi, Varela, Fabrício Bruno, Léo Pereira and Ayrton Lucas; Allan, De La Cruz and Lorran (Arrascaeta), Cebolinha, Gerson and Pedro. The tactical formation will be the same as always: 4-3-3.

If the number 14 is not able to start, Lorran will be the team's midfielder. Gerson will play on the right wing, and Everton Cebolinha will occupy the other side. On his YouTube channel, Venê commented on the starting number 8. “Tite will insist on the 4-3-3 and will put Gerson open on the right. What is Gerson playing to be kept in the starting lineup, Tite?" asked the Rubro-Negro sector manager, who did not understand the athlete's title.

Venê recalled that Bruno Henrique will not be able to play . Flamengo announced that the number 27 will not be involved. The tendency was for the striker to be chosen as the right winger, but without him, the coach decided to improvise. However, not even the player's absence made the journalist understand Gerson's lineup on the right side. Venê concluded by stating that Luiz Araújo could easily play the sector instead of Coringa.

“Put Luiz Araújo on the right wing. What is this insistence on Gerson?! Why do you have to keep Gerson on the team, Tite? (…) How am I going to defend Tite? He continues with a scheme that is not working and, in addition, he insists on a player who is not playing at all”, he concluded.

More than 45 thousand tickets were sold for the duel between Flamengo and Corinthians, at Maracanã, for the sixth round of the Brazilian Championship. According to journalist Venê Casagrande, the expectation is that around 55 thousand fans will be present at the stadium to watch the match.