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Filipe Luís talks about changes and praises Flamengo's squad for under-20 world title

The coach read the game well and included two essential players in the comeback against Olympiacos

In addition to accumulating titles as a player at Flamengo, Filipe Luís is also starting to win them as coach of the red and black youth team. This past Saturday afternoon (24), the coach held the under-20 World Cup at Maracanã. After the unprecedented title, he highlighted how much the achievement was in the details against Olympiacos.

In the second half of the match, when Mais Querido was still losing to Olympiacos, Filipe Luís made two changes that were essential for the turnaround. The entries of Caio Garcia and Felipe Teresa. In this way, the coach's reading meant that the turnaround came with goals precisely from the two young men who came off the bench.

“I told them that, sometimes, the player who plays five minutes is more important than those who play 85 minutes. We think about every moment of the game. Sometimes I need to be unfair with what they do in training, you can only choose 11. But, it's good that the coach feels unfair, because that means I have someone to choose from. They train very well, they have a very high merit in this, it is their total merit", highlighted coach Filipe Luís.

UNRELEASED TITLE

The under-20 World Cup title is unprecedented in history of the Most Dear. This is because Rubro-Negro is debuting in the competition, as well as in the Libertadores category. Now, Mais Querido will look to win the under-20 Brasileirão again.

FOCUS ON THE NEXT GAME

The Boys from the Ninho won't have much time to celebrate the title. That's because Rubro-Negro returns to the field next Thursday (29), at 3pm, in a clash for the quarter-finals of the Brasileirão.

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Brazilian Under-20: Garotos do Ninho beat Bahia and reach their fifth victory in the competition

Flamengo increases its production during the game, scores twice in the second half and seals the 2-0 score, with goals from player Pedro Leão

The team led by Nuno Campos was not very inspired in the first half and, even so, had the best chances to open the scoring and win the duel

Flamengo defeated Bahia 2-0 and achieved its fifth victory in the Brazilian Under-20 Championship , on Wednesday afternoon (7), at the José Bastos Padilha Stadium, in Gávea. The team's top scorer in the season, Pedro Leão scored both goals for the red-blacks, both in the second half of the match, and reached 12, in 2025. The next match will be against São Paulo, on Thursday (15/5), at 6 pm, in Cotia.

The team coached by Nuno Campos was not very inspired in the first half and, even so, had the best chances to open the scoring. After the break, the team managed to adjust the pressure and made things much harder for the opponent. The teams set a strong pace after the break and the game's temperature rose. Flamengo ended up coming out on top and scoring twice to finish the match.

SUMMARY

At the beginning of the game, Bahia tried to launch an attack, but failed to get many chances. Flamengo quickly increased their play and began to have a greater presence in attack after the 8th minute. At 20 minutes, the Bahian team had a shot over the bar. Five minutes later, another shot from the opponent, this time well defended by Nannetti.

The red-black team came out strong at 28 minutes, in a well-armed counterattack by Mora that Shola finished strongly and the goalkeeper rebounded. Three minutes later, Pedro Leão arrived in good conditions, but was unable to finish efficiently . In another good arrival, Shola passed to Daniel Sales who shot for another good save by the Bahian number 1.

The best play of the first half came in the 44th minute, when Wanderson crossed from the right, Pedro Leão hit a beautiful volley and gave the opposing goalkeeper another hard time . Five minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game.

The game resumed with a higher intensity and quite close. At 16, Wanderson passed to Wallace Yan who invaded the area and was only stopped by the opposing goalkeeper. Then Guilherme had his shot blocked in another play on the right. Soon after, another attack, this time on the left, by Daniel Sales, who crossed and the ball went just past the post.

Flamengo's top scorer for the under-20 team, Pedro Leão scored his 11th goal of the season in the 26th minute. The number 9 took advantage of a great play by Daniel Sales, who invaded the attacking field and passed the ball perfectly for a cross shot. Bahia could have equalized with a free kick in the 20th minute. The ball went just over the crossbar.

With Felipe Vieira coming in for Wanderson, Daniel Sales returned to right-back, his original position, and he got his second assist of the match by making a perfect cross for Pedro Leão's second goal, in the 31st minute.

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Coach: Nuno Campos.

Filipe Luís talks about changes and praises Flamengo's squad for under-20 world title