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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>

Next Thursday (26), Flamengo returns to the field for the clash against Peñarol, in the second leg of the Libertadores quarter-finals. Thus, the red and black delegation embarks for Uruguay this Tuesday (24).

Before embarking for Uruguay, coach Tite carries out the last training session on Brazilian soil, focusing on preparation for the clash against Peñarol, this Tuesday morning (24). In the afternoon, the delegation travels to Uruguay, where it is scheduled to arrive at 8:35 pm.

In the first leg, at Maracanã , Flamengo ended up losing to Peñarol, by a score of 1 to 0. Thus, the Uruguayan team arrives for the second leg with the advantage of a draw. Thus, Mais Querido needs to win by at least two goals if they want to qualify for the Libertadores semi-finals.

Thus, Flamengo and Peñarol will face each other again in the Libertadores quarter-finals this Thursday (26), at 7pm. The game takes place at the Campeón del Siglo Stadium, in Montevideo.

Red and black fans who want to follow another Mais Querido match can tune in to ESPN, a subscription channel, and Disney Plus, a streaming. 

Flamengo used its social networks to respond to an article published by Jornal O Globo, written by journalist Diogo Dantas. In the statement, the club clarifies that the trip of the vice-president of football, Marcos Braz, and the executive director, Bruno Spindel, to Europe, was carried out at the request of the player Alex Sandro, recently hired by Flamengo. The club also denied the participation of businessmen Giuliano Bertolucci and Kia Joorabchian in the negotiations.

According to the note released by Flamengo< /a>, the directors' trip to Portugal was a direct request from Alex Sandro. The player, who was maintaining his fitness at Portimonense, a Portuguese club, after the end of his contract with Juventus Turin, asked Flamengo representatives to visit him to complete the negotiation. The club highlighted that the businessmen mentioned in the Jornal O Globo article had no participation in the completion of the deal.

In addition to refuting the information about the participation of Bertolucci and Joorabchian, Flamengo also clarified that these businessmen are not involved in other ongoing player negotiations, specifically citing negotiations with Carlos Alcaraz, from Southampton, and Gonzalo Plata, from Al Sadd. The club highlighted that the O Globo article contained incorrect information and had already made mistakes in other reports about the club.

Flamengo remains active in the transfer market, with the window ending on September 2nd. So far, the club has already confirmed the signings of Michael and Alex Sandro. Furthermore, advanced negotiations are underway with Argentine midfielder Carlos Alcaraz and Ecuadorian striker Gonzalo Plata, further strengthening the Red and Black squad for the remainder of the season.