Flamengo delegation leaves for Uruguay this Tuesday afternoon

Former player Fábio Luciano, who was Flamengo's defender and captain, brought his analysis of Tite's attitudes, highlighting a possible contradiction between speech and practice. The coach often states that the club is competing on all fronts, without giving priority to a specific competition. However, Fábio notes that, in practice, the Brazilian Championship has been left aside.

A clear example was the match against Grêmio, where Tite chose not to take the main players, leaving 12 athletes in the Rio de Janeiro to train with Matheus Bachi, his son and assistant coach. For Fábio, there is an inconsistency, because, despite the discourse of equality between competitions, the Brazilian Championship remains in the background.

“Tite makes a statement that Flamengo would compete in all competitions. That he knows the responsibility, that this is what Flamengo is, he made this statement a week ago. And then a week ago, you said that you understood, that you had to be strong in all the competitions, and a week later you left the starters in Rio de Janeiro, sending a team of boys. So I think the message... I understand, but I don't accept it, because it was Flamengo, the message had to be different”, stated Fábio Luciano, before completing:

“As an institution, it wasn't a good message. Flamengo could have a different move of keeping the players in Rio de Janeiro, leaving them training with another professional. But it is a private issue”, defined the commentator.

The former captain criticizes this decision, considering that leaving most of the squad at Ninho do Urubu was an inappropriate choice. In his view, Tite should have taken the entire group to the South, even though he agrees with the lineup of a mixed, but more competitive, team. Fábio also comments that the logistics of traveling from Rio Grande do Sul to Montevideo would be simple, and the ideal would be for the entire squad to be working directly with the coach.

“The players could be together at that moment, they could make a decision in Porto Alegre. It could make the team a little stronger, understand who is capable of playing or not, and give value to the Brazilian Championship. Porto Alegre is on Montevideo's side, everyone is going, Flamengo is going strong, then they get there and decide who will play or not, and make a plan already inside Porto Alegre, thinking about the game in Uruguay”, concluded the defender.< /p>

After being eliminated from the Copa do Brasil, Palmeiras could still suffer another loss. This is because coach Abel Ferreira will be judged by the Superior Court of Sports Justice (STJD) and could face up to six months and suspension for making an obscene gesture towards the referee during the confrontation against Flamengo.

Abel Ferreira was denounced in the article 258 of the Brazilian Code of Sports Justice: "assuming any conduct contrary to sports discipline or ethics, such as disrespecting referee members". Thus, the penalty ranges from one to six games.

Palmeiras needed a victory to be able to eliminate Flamengo from the Copa do Brasil. In the second game, at Allianz Parque, Abel Ferreira made the gesture after disagreeing with referee Anderson Daronco's call in the 38th minute of the second half.

After review by the VAR, the coach was sent off and left the team in the minutes end of the match. Even though the image was not clear, Abel Ferreira went so far as to argue that the movement did not target referees.

After beating Palmeiras, Mais Querido faced Bahia, in the quarter-finals of the competition, also beating the team led by Rogério Ceni. Now, Rubro-Negro is preparing to face Corinthians, in the semi-finals of the matta-mata.

This last Sunday (22), Flamengo visited Grêmio in Porto Alegre and ended up being defeated by a score of 3-2, in the 27th round of the Brasileirão. Scorer of Mais Querido's second goal, Felipe Teresa celebrated his debut goal for Rubro-Negro professionals.

“22.09.2024. My professional debut, and my first professional goal. Very happy to be living this wonderful moment, I'm sure God will bless you more and more. This is the first step of many more. Not satisfied with the result but God knows everything!”, wrote the young man on social media. In addition to the message, Felipe Teresa also posted photos of the moment he hit the net at Arena do Grêmio.

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Felipe Teresa scored his first goal for the Mais Querido professionals at 45 of the second half. The play started after a great play by Evertton Araújo, who left the midfield and passed four players from the Rio Grande do Sul team. Inside the area, the midfielder took a shot, but the goalkeeper saved it. scored Rubro-Negro's second.

Most Querido now focuses on the big decision in the Libertadores Next Thursday (26), Flamengo will return. field, where they face Peñarol, in Uruguay. The match will be the return of the quarter-finals, at 7pm, where Rubro-Negro needs to win.