There is hope? See X-ray of the start of Domènec Torrent’s work ahead of Flamengo | spectacular sport

The encouragement of the Spanish coach is that the Portuguese did not start so well in his extraordinary pass of 82% in 58 games. In their first five matches, Flamengo drew both matches with Atlético-PR and was eliminated from the Brazilian Cup, defeating Goiás 6-1, drawing with Corinthians 1-1 and losing 2-0 to Emelec. , in the octaves of the Libertadores. A use of 40%.

Domènec has a 33% success rate, with 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Despite the fact that both had conceded the same six goals in the first five games, Jorge Jesús saw his team score nine times while Dome only three. In the first duels with the Portuguese coach, the team already had a business card full of goals.

In general, the red and black team maintained part of the standard adopted by the Portuguese, with a lot of possession of the ball, exchange of passes and submissions. With 69 appearances so far in the Brazilian, Flamengo is among the teams that finish the most goals in the competition. The problem, however, is in the objective.

In the Brasileirão 2019, Jorge Jesús’s Flamengo finished 426 times in 29 games and scored 70 goals. The team needed six shots to score a goal. With Domènec, the statistics plummeted. With three goals in 69 attempts, Rubro-Negro needs 23 presentations to balance the network. It is also worth remembering that two team goals were still scored from a penalty, increasing the chances of scoring.

Previously, 43% (183 out of 426) of submissions were aimed at the goal. Now, that number has dropped to 33% – 23 of the 69 team appearances in the Brazilian’s current edition were true.

Considering only the first five games of Jesus, the mark of precision was already present. It took 71 submissions to score the first nine goals, one goal for every eight shots.

One factor in favor of the Portuguese is that he had more time to implement his philosophy of play before making his debut. The current Benfica coach led Flamengo’s first training session on June 20, 2019 and had 21 days until the opening match against Atlético-PR, in Curitiba. The Dome already held its first training session on August 3 and had 7 days until the debut match against Atlético-MG, in Maracanã. With a third of the preparation time, Domènec Torrent came out behind Jesús.

Who won and lost space with the change of coach

In 2020, Jorge Jesús won more reinforcements for Flamengo’s ideal team and lost a piece of the Brazilian team and Libertadores. Pablo Marí went to Arsenal. In his place, Gustavo Henrique and Léo Pereira arrived. With the cut on Rodrigo Caio’s right knee earlier this year, the pair played more times and added more minutes on the field than the former São Paulo starter. Léo Pereira, however, won the dispute with the former Santos and established himself as Rodrigo’s partner, both with Jesús and Dome.

As we see above, the 2019 ideal team only had the change in defense, with Jorge Jesús. In the 2020 team, the biggest change was the reinforcements that arrived, entering the team with greater constancy. In the current season, Jesús led Flamengo in 18 games. Of these, two names entered the field most frequently: Everton Ribeiro and Michael. They both played 17 games with Jesus. The former with almost twice as many minutes on the pitch as the latter. Revelation of the last Brazilian, Michael was sacked often by the Portuguese in 2020 and scored three goals.

However, with Domènec, the former Goiás striker lost space and entered the field for just 22 minutes with the Spanish. Pedro, Vitinho and Diego continued to be used a lot by the new coach.

In the starting eleven, João Lucas played twice with Rafinha’s departure, but he is in the DM with a thigh injury. Arrascaeta continues with more minutes on the pitch, but started on the bench in two games with the Dome and did not enter the classic against Botafogo. The noise bothered the Uruguayan, who denied physical problems and responded on the field with a good performance in training last Monday.