THE FLAMENGO OF 2023: RACELESS, APATIC AND WITHOUT TITLES

Reformulation is the least expected for next season and the boat needs to be generous.

A season of embarrassing collectibles ends as it began, with yet another embarrassment. The defeat to Dorival Júnior's São Paulo in the last round of the Brasileirão showed what Flamengo was all year, an apathetic team. The setback wasn't any greater, thanks to Botafogo who lost another one.

Finishing the Brazilian Championship in 4th place may be terrible for some, but for Flamengo fans it was something to celebrate. In a season that fought for everything and lost everything, getting a direct place in the 2024 Libertadores was almost a title won.

Many ask, who was to blame for such a bad season: management, coaches, players?

Everyone is to blame! And even though it was a year for fans to forget, what stood out was the show she put on. Fans that filled the Maracanã, the bars, the streets and never stopped believing, and that made a difference even in the worst moments of such a poor year for a club with money and impoverished football.

Reformulation is the least expected for the next season and the boat needs to be generous. This season showed that they need to let go of 2019 and understand once and for all that the past is the past, the present has lost 7 titles and from now on, it's time to aim for a prosperous future.