Filipe Luís denies that Flamengo played poorly in the second half against Internacional

Flamengo's victory over Internacionalthis Sunday (1) was marked by difference in the rhythm of the teams between the two halves. Mengão largely dominated the first half, building a 3-0 lead. However, the rival reacted at the beginning of the second half, scoring two goals in just ten minutes, which forced Fla to hold on to the result until the final whistle. In the post-game press conference, the coach highlighted the team's "perfect first half" and recalled the chances created right after the break.

"I'm happy with the first half, it was a perfect first half. The level of the game plan was perfect, both our defensive phase and the offensive phase. The players were at all times where they needed to be, with great freedom of movement and short relationships between them. The attacks into space were happening the way we planned, and the game plan went perfectly. 3x0, and the teamdidn't go down at all moment," he said.

Filipe Luís revealed that the orientation was to maintain pressure on the opponent in the second stage and assessed that the team managed to achieve this objective. He acknowledged that Internacional's first goal changed the game's scenario, but also praised the rival's quality, further valuing the result obtained by Flamengo.

"We went into the break with this big advantage, and the message was for us to keep attacking. To score, we had two or three clear chances to score. So our team didn't came back badly in the second half, came back well in the second half. And then Inter scores a goal, because we're talking about third place, which until now was third place in the Brazilian Championship. Obviously it's difficult to play against a team like that. scoring the second goal, second goal there was all this controversy, but they ended up scoring the second goal and the team knew how to suffer, they knew how to defend themselves until the end. We still had other chances.

Filipe Luís celebrates triumph

The coach of Flamengo classified the result as deserved and emphasized the importance of winning the three points:

"Victory, for me, is this: the three points have the same flavor. Of course I wanted it. 3-0, 4-0, but football is also about the other team playing. They knew how to put pressure on us at the end, and our team knew how to defend themselves. We came out with a deserved victory."