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The irregularity of the Flamengo on the pitch and the lack of results in 2021 increased the pressure on the club, especially on Rogério Ceni. After an exchange of meetings and discussions about the future on Monday, the board of directors decided to keep him in office.
The conclusion after an exchange of ideas pointed to two paths: Ceni is not the protagonist of the bad red and black moment and, therefore, it is necessary to reformulate the management of the football department for the next season. Not necessarily doing without names, but changing the way you play from day to day. Elevate the collection, promote internal competitiveness and reestablish more rigid methods to bring the team back to the level so decided and, more than that, evolve.
The club observes Brazilians with excellence in management abroad. One of the ideas would be to have professionals who do high-level work in foreign clubs. An alternative would be to resume what was interrupted by Jorge Jesus, who left Ninho do Urubu without a concrete legacy. But the idea clashes with the delicate political chess of Gávea.
The sensation of the summit is that the football department has not been able to find solutions to the difficult moment, which would underline the chorus from the management that the sector ended up being “outsourced” by the Portuguese during his time.
Jesus controlled almost everything in Ninho do Urubu, from the schedules, the postures, the organization, the training methods to who could observe the training. Once, in 2020, he noticed the presence of people from the football department with whom he was not close and demanded that they leave the place. There was a bit of embarrassment, but the technician ended up being treated. Since his departure, the flexibility of the day to day is considered greater in the TC.
It is understood that athletes like Pablo Marí and Rafinha played a role beyond the field, with an effective contribution to the good atmosphere and internal competitiveness. And more: with the departure of the athletes, they had no substitutes, mainly in the roles they played in the extrafield.
Rogério Ceni has a good contact with the athletes, a more direct relationship with the experienced ones and the training methods are still praised. It is a point that he counted in favor of his permanence, although there are internal questions about some elections, such as the selection of César instead of Hugo against Ceará or the failure of grassroots athletes like Ramón. The understanding is that some rookies still do not meet the training requirements, with specific movements for the game model until their low use in technical training, such as crosses, for example. And in this way, they are overlooked in relation to others.
Experienced with the daily life of football and with greater proximity to the athletes and the nucleus of the locker room, the vice of football, Marcos Braz, tries to avoid the pressure. But the leader himself suffers internal criticism, mainly after his candidacy and the subsequent election to councilor in Rio de Janeiro. He was sworn in earlier this month.
After the meetings on Monday, there is the promise of a tougher conversation with the squad after the disastrous start of 2021 and the risk of not even finishing the Brazilian in the G-4, which could further compromise the financial aspect. The demand is an immediate reaction from the match against Goiás, next week.
After the defeat against Ceará, the atmosphere in the locker room was pure dejection, from players to coach. Diego asked to speak, made a forceful speech in an attempt to regain his spirits and also carry his teammates. At that point, many understood that Ceni would not stay in command in the face of the big picture, perhaps even by choice.
The lack of reaction from the team even with full weeks of training frustrated other members of the football department, but especially the coach. There was concern about how to proceed with a new failure in the middle of a sequence of five away games. So the position of the coach was up for discussion. In Gávea chess, the boiling of the political cauldron is also considered a key piece.
In fact, there is a difference of thoughts between the headquarters and Ninho do Urubu, even more intense with the presidential elections at the end of this year. There was strong dissatisfaction with the way Domènec Torrent’s contract was negotiated, for example. The salty fine of 1.8 million euros (about R $ 12 million), equivalent to the end of the contract, was the main reason. The agreement with the representatives of the Catalan coach took two months to materialize and the club was unable to reduce the loss.
Between Gávea and Ninho, Flamengo 2019 is a beautiful portrait on the wall. But the current season’s framework is broken and the club is making one last attempt to fix it in time without sudden changes.
