Paulo Sousa led Flamengo defeat to Fortaleza in the middle of Maracanã, in a match valid for the ninth round of the Brazilian Championship
Flamengo and Strength went to the field at Maracanã on the afternoon of this Sunday, 5th, and Leão do Pici came out with his first victory in the Brazilian Championship. The match, which was valid for the ninth round of the competition, marked a very bad performance by the red-black side, counting on a missed penalty and even more.
After defeat, Paulo Sousa gave a press conference and detonated the performance of the carioca team in the match. The Portuguese coach pointed out that the individual performances of the players were disastrous and that nothing went right for the hosts. In addition, the coach has given some opinions on what went wrong in the match.
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“What happened to us without a doubt was all the wrong individual decisions. Simple things, no pressure, precipitation, passes that gave the opponents opportunities in the second half… From the beginning, I know perfectly well the demand that Flamengo has. I know the importance of having the courage to not please at times. How I know that God has never given us a spirit of cowardice. It is in difficult times that we have to be more convinced and certain“, commented the coach.
In addition, the coach pointed out individual technical errors that will not happen again. In a deeper analysis, the Portuguese was very tough when pointing out the mistakes of the players, both in the first and in the second half of the match. In addition, Paulo acknowledged that the team did not have the ability to turn on the game.
“What happened in technical terms individually was unprecedented and will not happen. It was very weak individually. I evaluate a disastrous first half. Technically very wrong at the individual level, with many difficulties, we lost several passes that conditioned the game and gave opportunities to the opponent. We were unable to turn on the game“, evaluated before completing.
“We corrected it in the second half, we were much superior, we had a good build at the beginning, we had the chance to come out in superiority and control the game, but then we really lacked the last third in making individual decisions, whether in the dribble, or in the front, triangulations, shots outside the area and triangular through the central aisle“, he added.
Game over at Maracanã. Flamengo loses to Fortaleza by 2 to 1, for the Brasileirão. #CRF
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— Flamengo (@Flamengo) June 5, 2022
Source: sportbuzz
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