Tite should use a mixed team at Flamengo for Sunday; Check the likely lineup

Despite Flamengo being the team with the biggest budget in South America, the club continues to disappoint its fans. This is because Mais Querido is out of the Libertadores and with only a 1% chance of winning the Brasileirão. For Raul Plasmann, Rubro-Negro's idol, the board and Tite are to blame.

"Flamengo is doing well on the financial side, but I see Flamengo being very poorly managed on the football side. If there is a capable and competent team in finances, they have a very weak team to manage football. It's not a criticism, but a comment from someone who is in the field. two Libertadores", said Raul.

"The 2019 team was supposed to be world champion. It was amateurish attitudes from the team that runs football, the department is weak. Flamengo, it's a shame. The team off the field is responsible for the team on the field, it's the team that decides who will be on the field. low, insecure, plays a good game, the next day, a bad game. You can tell me: 'the team changes a lot'. It doesn't matter", added Raul.

In the last two matches, Tite decided to send different teams to the field. Against Grêmio, Mais Querido played with 11 substitutes. Now against Peñarol, with the starters. The strategy was frustrating, as Rubro-Negro did not win in any of the games.

"In football, no matter how much you change, the team has a temperament. We also changed in our time, just We played with that team that was world champion three times. But the team's temperament was different. The atmosphere was the same. /p>

"I'm going to say something here: it seems like something... I'm not even going to say childish, because childish has its timing, it has its value. I don't want to belittle it. It's unbelievable, unbelievable that he would do a relay. If he did it with a strong reason, it's acceptable, but do you change a goalkeeper? I know you know, but just so we remember: the guy who scores the goal is extremely important, he can lead to the title... But you can also be world champion with a 0 to 0. The goal is important to save too. It's more important to defend than to score", concluded the world champion goalkeeper for Flamengo.

Flamengo hired Gonzalo Plata as a reinforcement to form the squad, but the striker quickly became a starter due to injuries to Michael, Luiz Araújo, Pedro and Everton Cebolinha. In the confrontation against Peñarol, last Thursday (26), the athlete played his third game at the club. Still without goals or assists, Plata became the target of criticism from Gerson "Canhotinha de Ouro", champion of the 1970 World Cup.

"Who hired Plata, huh?! He hired him badly. He, on the other hand, Right, he didn't make a move. Without me knowing Flamengo's base and reserves to the letter... There are 380 players at Flamengo who are better than Plata. The boy who joined, Matheus Gonçalves, plays the boy. a lot of boys.” He plays more than the other one", said Gerson 'Canhotinha'.

Gonzalo Plata played for around 58 minutes against Peñarol, being replaced in the second half by Gabigol. While he was on the field, the attacker missed a great chance, alone, inside the small area, after a header from Bruno Henrique.

One of the biggest controversies after Mais Querido's elimination was Tite's statement, who said that the team would score at Peñarol in Montevideo. The coach was charged by fans and journalists and assured that it was not a promise, but a prediction. Canhotinha de Ouro also spoke about the topic.

"Inside the field, I could have reorganized the tactical scheme, which went wrong, in my opinion. Tite said here: “no problem, there We have ample chances of winning the game, scoring a goal. They can charge.” returns to the field this Sunday (29), when it hosts Athletico-PR for the 28th round of the Brasileirão. It is possible that Gonzalo Plata will play as a starter again. The match will be at 8pm, at Maracanã.

Despite an inexplicable error when trying to force a ball into Bruno Henrique, who had his back turned and almost resulted in an opponent's goal, goalkeeper Rossi ended the match fighting for the victory. In a bold act, he advanced to midfield and ventured into the opponent's area, but was unsuccessful. Flamengo drew goalless and was eliminated from the Libertadores by Peñarol at the Campeón del Siglo Stadium.

During the press conference alongside Tite, Rossi was asked if he could promise the red and black fans a title. He said no, but he also refused to give up on the Brasileirão, even with Flamengo 11 points behind the leader, Botafogo, and with only a 1% mathematical chance of winning the championship. To support his optimism, the goalkeeper recalled Botafogo's unexpected drop in performance last year.

“We have very clear objectives, because Flamengo always has to win and that's how it is. Now, we're out, but the year isn't over yet. There are more than 10 games left in the Brazilian Championship. Botafogo has a very big difference, but last year there was too. Now it's time to focus on Sunday's game. In three days we will be on the field again, we have to change our minds for the game against Athletico-PR. And then there is the semi-final of the Copa do Brasil, which is very important, as we are only two games away from the final. So you have to keep working day to day. The Libertadores has already passed, but there are two competitions left for us to compete in”, stated Rossi.

The number 1 also thanked the fans for their support in both Rio de Janeiro and Uruguay, and highlighted that the situation could have It would be different if the team had been more efficient at Maracanã. Furthermore, he regretted the absence of Pedro and other important players for the team.

“For the fans, I can only thank you, firstly, for the support you gave at Maracanã in the first game. We scored early, at 13 in the first half. Afterwards, we had great dominance in both games. Today we are left with this bitter feeling, that we were unable to score a goal to take it to penalties. We even had a possibility, but we have to be self-critical and know that in the final decision we made a little mistake”, declared the goalkeeper, before completing.

“We lost Pedro, Cebola, Viña, Luiz, who are very important players for us. And this also remains in the player's mind. Because when a player sees that a teammate hurts, and hurts badly like it happened, we are also afraid of being out of the season”, he concluded.

Flamengo is now preparing to face Athletico-PR in the Brazilian Championship this Sunday (30th) at 8pm (Brasília time). The team becomes key after being eliminated in the Libertadores and needs to improve its performance to remain in the top positions and remain in the G4.