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Coach Domènec Torrent spoke about the changes made to Flamengo’s starting line-up for the game against Fortaleza, which occurred this afternoon (5), and explained why forward Gabigol started on the bench. The confrontation, for the Brazilian Championship, was won by the red and black team by 2 to 1, with a goal from the shirt 9 in the final minutes.
The coach indicated that choosing Pedro was a “technical decision” and stressed that, for physical reasons, almost no player on the squad will always play.
“It was a technical decision, but it is normal. Nobody is more important than the group. We are happy with Gabi, he is our top scorer, but when I analyzed the game with Fortaleza, I decided to stay with Pedro because he was happy with his performance. Gabi helped us a lot to get out of the bank. He’s a winner. But neither Gabi nor anyone else will play every game. Neither Rodrigo nor Filipe … Because it won’t be 100%, “he said.
Domènec indicated that, given the schedule that Flamengo will face, the rotation of players will be necessary.
“We have matches every three days. With matches every four days, the players can recover. My experience, over the last 11 years, has been like this. We run a lot. If you have a balanced squad and you can play with everyone. And they will play with everyone. We will play the next game in four days. When this is the case, you can play with 80%. Every 3 days it is almost impossible to play with everyone. [após duelo com o Bahia] at 3 am. It’s not easy, ”she said.
When talking about celebrating the achievement of the three points, the commander recalled that Rubro-Negro finished the game with one less, after Pedro Rocha felt a discomfort in his left thigh, in the final stretch of the game, and there were no more substitutions . available.
“I was very excited because we had ten players. I spoke with the Fortaleza coach [Rogério Ceni] who played very well, organized. It is a very positional team that knows what it is doing. With 10 players, it seemed practically impossible to win. That is why he was also happy for the victory. I think we deserve the victory. We had more chances, but we didn’t score. We fight until the last second. This is Flamengo. We can win, lose or draw, but we will fight until the last second, “he said.
