The president of Fluminense opened the game about having fallen into the “group of death” in Libertadores and also spoke about facing River Plate
The president of Fluminense is not afraid of the “group of death” in liberators. With River Plate, Sporting Cristal and The Strongest ahead, Mario Bittencourt showed great tranquility when evaluating the rivals drawn during the night of last Monday, 27. The manager participated in the live promoted by “Flu TV” and commented that he liked what Tricolor will face at the beginning of the competition.
“Headline is ready: “group of death”. I liked the group, there’s a great Argentine team, Sporting Cristal, an important team in Peru, and The Strongest, from Bolivia. When we were named as the group of death in 2021, we finished first. You don’t have to be worried about that. In 2008 we also didn’t have such an easy group and then we faced Nacional, Boca, São Paulo and went to the final. Whoever wants to win has to be prepared for any group“, he stated.
Mário Bittencourt was confident in Fluminense’s classification, precisely because he considers that Tricolor has a great squad in relation to the last seasons. He is satisfied with the players he has and believes that the strength of the fans will be an additional asset for the team from Rio de Janeiro to face the challenges with greater naturalness. In Laranjeiras, before the Libertadores start, expectations are high for a historic campaign.
“Confident for having the last three, four years, the best squad we managed to put together, a team that plays the most beautiful football… And we’re going to have our fans at Maracanã, which we didn’t have in 2021. Last year we even had it, but ended up playing in São Januário and Nilton Santos. Believing in the strength of our fans, in the ball we’ve been playing and going out to win this competition“, he completed.
See how the Libertadores groups turned out!
| A group |
| Flamengo |
| Racing (ARG) |
| Aucas (ECU) |
| Ñublense (CHI) |
| Group B |
| National (URU) |
| International |
| Metropolitan (VEN) |
| Independent Medellin (COL) |
| Group C |
| palm trees |
| Barcelona (ECU) |
| Bolivar (BOL) |
| Cerro Porteño (PAR) |
| Group D |
| River Plate (ARG) |
| Fluminense |
| The Strongest (BOL) |
| Sporting Cristal (PER) |
| Group E |
| Independiente Del Valle (ECU) |
| Corinthians |
| Argentinos Jrs (ARG) |
| Liverpool (URU) |
| Group F |
| Boca Juniors (ARG) |
| Colo-Colo (CHI) |
| Monagas (VEN) |
| Deportivo Pereira (COL) |
| Group G |
| Athletico-PR |
| Freedom (PAR) |
| Alliance Lima (PER) |
| Atlético-MG |
| Group H |
| Olympia (PAR) |
| Atlético Nacional (COL) |
| Melgar (PER) |
| Patronage (CHI) |
Source: sportbuzz
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