Check out the 11 games in which Flamengo did not prioritize the Brasileirão and which cost the club the title

Flamengo did not publicly admit it at any point, but they no longer had the Brazilian Championship as a priority in a third of the competition. Therefore, they wasted precious points and were far from their dream of winning the national title. The draw with Internacional in the last minutes makes the possibility even more remote.

Tite and Filipe Luís never made it clear that they would need to prioritize competitions. The previous coach stated that he needed to take care of the athletes (and that's why he chose not to select them), while the current one pointed to the lean squad to justify his choices. In total, there were 11 Brasileirão games with players rested. Some of them with an entire starting team away to pay more attention to the World Cups. Now, the team only has a real chance in the Copa do Brasil, in the final against Atlético-MG.

The discourse in Fla was always that all titles were important. Even so, Libertadores and Copa do Brasil took the lead. The only exception was against Bolívar in the group stage, which cost them first place in the group and made the team decide on places away from home. Flamengo still has a mathematical chance of winning the Brazilian Championship, but is focusing on the G4. The team has 55 points against 64 from leader Botafogo and does not play any more direct confrontations this season. The current priority is to secure a place in the top four to return to the Libertadores.

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With Tite

Flamengo 2x1 São Paulo - Arrascaeta and Luiz Araújo started on the bench;

Palm trees 0x0 Flamengo - Pedro and De la Cruz started on the bench;

Bragantino 1x1 Flamengo - Varela and Fabrício Bruno started on the bench. Cebolinha and Arrascaeta spared;

Flamengo 2x0 Atlético-GO - Matheus Cunha was a starter to pick up the pace for the Copa do Brasil, Fabrício Bruno and Léo Pereira on the bench and De la Cruz rested;

São Paulo 1x0 Flamengo – Nine starters started on the bench;

Botafogo 4x1 Flamengo - Tite had already decided that he would only use the starters for a while thinking about the Libertadores. Fla came out 1-1 at half-time, spared players and ended up thrashed;

Grêmio 3x2 Flamengo - 12 players didn't even travel;

Flamengo 2x1 Bragantino - Varela and Ayrton Lucas started on the bench;