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It has not been an easy start for Domènec Torrent in Flamengo. The election marked an obvious and complex break with the ideas that made history with Jorge Jesús at the club.
There is no point using references from a previous job or asking a coach to implement ideas that are not yours. The change of profile affects individual functions and collective principles.
Even in the victory over Santos, the game was different than expected. It can be said that the counterattack worked, but it is not exactly the role or the proposal that Flamengo intends to have.
The performance is still not pleasant, but the options are already noticeable. The need, by concept, to open the field, affects the operation of a team that approached naturally. Further away are Gabigol and Bruno Henrique, Everton Ribeiro is no longer the one in the right aisle, speed options gain space at the ends.
And it is not an escalation. Constantly changing the starting lineup was a well-known feature, and it’s not a problem. A positive point has been the growth of Thiago Maia, perhaps the midfielder with the greatest knowledge of the expected role. He has the physique to infiltrate and pressure, and he gives dynamics to the passes on the inside.
When Dome arrived in New York City, he found a team with many midfielders and attackers who performed better on the inside. The way out was to look for more flexible formations, betting on the amplitude with their offensive wings / wings.
Such a memory is relevant compared to the Flamengo, but it hit the side profile. With the arrival of Isla, the characteristic changes. Although Filipe Luís builds well from the inside, now, at least on the right, there is a full back capable of giving power in attacks from the edge.
Isla has experience in the expected role. Although he is a much more solid career player in the national team than in the clubs, curiously now he finds a profile closer to that of Chile in Bielsa or Sampaoli.
If you can consolidate your role, it can be a relief for many people. A side that opens the field to the far right could mean more freedom for those who currently occupy that corridor.
Coordination takes time and training, but changes the demands of the outspoken midfielder or attacker. Michael, Pedro Rocha and Vitinho did not win minutes by chance. It is precisely the tips that offset the sides of the interior. But if the characteristics are reversed, with Isla open, Gabigol could become a second striker closer to Bruno Henrique, even if he starts from the right.
Or even Everton Ribeiro could go back to making their traditional move from the right inward, although this seems more in the process of adapting to the new midfielder role.
Flamengo still has a long way to go in the challenging transition that the board has decided to promote. There is no point in demanding that the coach be different than he always was. Execution may or may not work, but the key is trying to understand what the decisions mean for your ideas, not for the ghost of the team that no longer exists.
