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Despite being almost six years old, Jorge Jesus' Flamengo still continues to generate buzz among the red and black fans. Thus, defender Léo Duarte said that the Portuguese coach irritated Rodrigo Caio in a specific training session at the club. Furthermore, he mentioned that the coach always aimed for perfection.

"I remember that as soon as he arrived, there was a training session that was the starting attack against the starting defense. And the defense was Rodrigo Caio and me, and the attack was Gabigol, Bruno Henrique and Everton Ribeiro. Rodrigo Caio and I were doing well in training, in ten balls we recovered seven or eight until the only one we couldn't catch, Bruno Henrique scored. Jorge Jesus shouted, 'my central defenders (defenders) don't catch anyone'. I looked at Rodrigo Caio, and he was a little nervous", said Léo Duarte.

"We saw that it was his way. to 'poke' because he wanted perfection. So even though we were doing well, we lost a ball and for him it was worthless, he had to win them all", concluded the former Flamengo defender, in an interview with ESPN. ' this Monday (23).

With Jorge Jesus' demands, Flamengo in 2019 was considered the best team of Brazil and South America. This is because Mais Querido won the Brasileirão title with a record number of points, in addition to making a spectacular comeback against River Plate, taking the Libertadores cup.

Jorge Jesus currently heads Al-Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, and continues to break records in the Middle Eastern country. Rodrigo Caio agreed with Grêmio. Finally, Léo Duarte spent several teams until signing with Istanbul Basaksehir, from Türkiye.

Flamengo released many young people for Portuguese football. In this way, consequently, the players begin to face each other for their respective teams, as was the case with Gabriel Batista and Igor Jesus. The young people faced each other this Saturday (21), where both were starters and highlights of their main teams.

The victory went to Gabriel Batista, for Santa Clara (POR), by the score of 1 to 0. The name of the game was the ex-Flamengo archer, who had a rating of 8.4, being the best on his team and elected the best player on the field. In addition to not conceding goals, the numbers from the SofaScore statistics portal indicate five saves, in addition to 12 successful long balls.

Despite leaving the field with the defeat, Igor Jesus was the highlight of Estrela Amadora. The young midfielder was the best on his team and scored 7.2. The athlete was effective in marking, winning seven duels from below, one from above and making tackles. However, he committed 4 fouls and received a yellow card. Igor also helped with the playmaking, launching three long balls and having an 84% pass accuracy rate. 

The teams of both Crias do Ninho meet at different times in the season. This is because, with the victory, Santa Clara moved into third place, behind Sporting and Porto.

Igor Jesus' Estrela Amadora is fighting to get out of the relegation zone. The team is second to last, ahead of only Farense. In six matches of the Portuguese Championship, only two points were scored.

Flamengo agreed to sign Michael< /a>. The striker returns to the red and black after spending 2 and a half years with Al-Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, who signed him after the player's good season in 2021 while still wearing the Sacred Mantle. Now, at 28 years old, the athlete returns with impressive numbers and many titles under his belt.

Michael appeared in 110 games, where he started 83 times, for the Saudi team, scored 22 goals and contributed 22 assists. The striker helped Al-Hilal win six titles during the period: two Saudi Leagues, two Saudi Arabian Super Cups and two Saudi King Cups. The numbers were released by the 'GE' portal.

Michael had already been used by the club, but his talent was enhanced when he met an old acquaintance, coach Jorge Jesus. JJ was the one who asked the Flamengo board to sign the striker in 2020, after the player was elected revelation of the Brazilian Championship. 2019 wearing the Goiás shirt.

Under Portuguese technical command, Michael started 90% of the matches he played (49 of 54) and was only left out of seven games in which Jorge Jesus was in charge of the team from 2023 and participated in the campaign of 34 consecutive victories, a world record. When saying goodbye to the striker in the 4-1 victory over Cristiano Ronaldo's Al Nassr, JJ took the player off the field in the 47th minute so he could have the opportunity to be applauded by the fans one last time.

Michael gets emotional in farewell

Michael posted it on his social media a message to say goodbye to the club and Al-Hilal fans. In the video, images and moves of the striker wearing the shirt of the greatest Saudi champion and where he thanks him for all the moments, good and bad, he had during his period in the Arab country.