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"IF YOU DON'T HAVE COURAGE, DON'T PLAY!", TITE'S SON PRAISES FLAMENGO'S MENTAL STRENGTH

Mengão managed to equalize in the 53rd minute with Everton Araújo

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In an electrifying clash, Flamengo managed to snatch a 1-1 draw with Athletico-PR this Sunday, at Ligga Arena, in the 9th round of the Brasileirão. The game was marked by young Everton Araújo's first goal in professional football, guaranteeing a positive result for the Rio team in the last minute of the match.

Athletico and Flamengo drew 1-1 this Sunday afternoon, in Curitiba. Fernandinho converted a penalty for Furacão in the final stretch, but Flamengo managed to equalize in the 53rd minute with Everton Araújo's header. With the point achieved, the club maintained its lead in the Brazilian Championship and demonstrated great emotional intelligence.




EMOTIONAL CONTROL AND MATURITY

In the same way that Flamengo tied the match against Athletico-PR, the calm to turn the result around and beat Vasco in previous games highlighted the change in the team's maturity. Asked about emotional control to seek a draw, Matheus Bachi, Tite's assistant and son, commented:

— Courage! The athlete who doesn't have courage doesn't play. It was very important to come back against Vasco. Situations happened in training during the week, and today everyone believed in a draw. This team has soul.



FEATURED YOUNG PROMISES

Among the players listed for the match in Curitiba, around 14 players were trained at Ninho do Urubu. Cléber Xavier, Tite's assistant, spoke about the opportunity for young players and praised the work done with the athletes.

— Let's continue with the work, these are boys who already have the spirit, they are boys who are already within Ninho, they are recently champions of the Libertadores U20, Brazilian champions. We keep giving advice and treating them as we treat all our athletes.


NEXT CHALLENGE

Now , Rubro-Negro faces Bahia next Thursday (20), at 8pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã. The match is valid for the tenth round of the Brazilian Championship, with both teams fighting at the top of the table and directly deciding the leadership of the competition.


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Flamengo fans promise banners and protests for Maracanã, during the match against Athlético-PR

The targets will be the players, Tite and management

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After being eliminated in the Copa Libertadores in the quarter-finals against Peñarol (URU), Flamengo fans started to protests against coach Tite and the board. Thus, the Nation organizes an event with banners and messages for this Sunday's game (29), against Athletico-PR, at Maracanã.

According to journalist Venê Casagrande, Flamengo fans will carry banners with messages for Maracanã. Coach Tite and the board are the main targets. In this way, the Nation prepares posters with the following words: “Against modern football”, “Very expensive ticket for little football”, “There is no lack of support. What’s missing is football”, “Management is silent. Give back my Flamengo“, “Team of millions, floodplain board”, “Flamengo belongs to the people”, “To play for Mengo, you have to be willing” and, finally, “Lots of media, little football”.

Fan protests


After the defeat in the Copa Libertadores, Flamengo fans went to the airport in the early hours of the morning to welcome the red and black squad. After leaving the place, the bus was attacked with popcorn, while part of the Nation sang against coach Tite, the players and the board.


Situation of Flamengo

Flamengo fell early in the Copa Libertadores for the second year in a row. Furthermore, the red-black team occupies fourth place in the Brazilian Championship and far from leader Botafogo. Finally, the club led by coach Tite is alive in the Copa do Brasil, when it faces Corinthians, in the semi-final. The match and the protests

Thus, Flamengo fans will protest against the club's current situation this season with banners at the game against Athletico-PR, at Maracanã. To date, around 20,000 tickets have been sold for the clash at 8pm (Brasília time) this Sunday (29), in a match valid for the 28th round of the Brazilian Championship.



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FIFA will announce the cities in which the games of the new competition will be held

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On Saturday night (28), FIFA will announce the host cities for the 2025 Club World Cup. The event will take place in Central Park, in New York, at 6:45 pm. The competition is scheduled to take place between June and July next year and Flamengo is confirmed among the 32 participating teams. Watch the announcement from the highest football entity live below: