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Despite Flamengo’s victory and qualification in the Brazil Cup, coach Domènec Torrent found reasons to slap the players on the wrist in the middle of the celebration. The Catalan did not like the defensive mistakes and said the team needs to improve to stay alive in the title fight this season.
– Defensively, we have to be focused. We can also lose the Brasileirão for that. In two mistakes, we scored two goals. They are things that cannot be trained, you have to concentrate for 90 minutes – he told Fla TV.
– We played well the first 30 minutes and relaxed. We cannot give balls to defenders and defenders. Nobody is a machine, players can make mistakes because coaches make mistakes too. But, of the last six goals, we scored five, he completed.
– Photo: André Durão
The defense became a problem in the red and black season, since the failures generated some setbacks. The team averages more than one goal conceded per game and has only conceded goals in five of the 24 games under Dome’s leadership. On the other hand, the attack gives good news, with the good phase of Pedro and the return of Gabigol.
– With the complete cast, we will have solutions. We can play with different systems, with Gabigol as a winger, but also on the inside. And they won’t play any games. The problem will not be when Gabi returns. The problem is now that we don’t have Gabi. He was our top scorer last year – said the coach.
Timed by the two victories over Huracán, Flamengo awaits the rival in the next phase of the Brazil Cup. Six of the eight teams are already qualified and the draw takes place on Friday. Meanwhile, the Rio de Janeiro team prepares for the 20th round of Brasileirão, against Atlético-MG, away from home, next Sunday.
Comparison with Jorge Jesus
Jorge’s work was excellent, he won a title. Dome is not here to compete with Jorge. We have to thank you for what you did here. I am competing with my opponents, not with last year’s campaign. Dome is here because Jorge decided to play in another country. I have no problem when they talk about it. He won everything, you have to thank him. I won’t compete with him, it doesn’t make sense.
We are happy with the ball, but we have to improve this other factor. This implies focus, concentration. But we were not lucky either, there were individual errors. Against Inter we scored goals. Against São Paulo too. In the first matches, I thought we had real defensive mistakes, in positioning, we played very far apart. Now I see individual errors, of concentration.
When we switched, we had a streak where he didn’t concede many goals either. We have a large cast. Today I changed because I am clear who will play against Atlético-MG. We can’t always play with everyone. In Europe, for example, there were 47% more injuries. I don’t change player because I like it. Today I switched to Matheus because he asked me, I was tired. Flamengo has a wonderful squad and we have confidence in everyone.
The forward needs goals. Michael has done very well against Junior, but the coach is not always able to make room for everyone. Michael played good games and that’s good for confidence. Because we’re going to need everyone.
Arrascaeta is not with the group yet, he has discomfort. We have to see it daily. Gabi has already joined the group for a few minutes, but is still physically missing. They are discharged, but the physical part is something else. The same happened with Pedro Rocha. We will check it tomorrow, but not for the match against Atlético-MG.
