After another bad game in the season, Flamengo was booed by the fans and received support from Sampaoli in the press conference
Last Saturday night, the 26th, the Flamengo entered the field and faced the International in the dispute of the 21st round of the Brasileirão. Still talking about racing for the title, the team from Rio said goodbye to any chance of lifting the cup. In a warm game, Rubro-Negro did not leave the tie at zero to zero and received boos from the fans at the stadium Maracanã.
Right after the game, the coach Jorge Sampaoli granted a press conference and came out in defense of the cast. When asked about the boos and shouts of “shameless team“, the Argentine did not agree with the fans. In addition, he recognized the bad performance in the match and asked the players to improve for positive results.
“I don’t think there’s any shame. In the match, the team was very willing, but with a lot of imprecision. The advantage was until the last minute. The result is judged and also the transition. When I arrived, I envisioned a difficult year for Flamengo. This lack of shame I do not agree. I see how they try and seek. Sadly, we couldn’t win the game.“, said Sampaoli.
“I don’t agree (about passivity). In other games, yes, but not today. If we are going to talk about context and comparisons with our departure as São Paulo or América-MG, today I don’t see that there is a lack of intensity, intention or desire. We had the ability to define the game and if we did we would have the advantage because the opponent didn’t shoot on goal. Today we had a chopped game and with a difficult field to play“.
“I don’t agree with that. Flamengo is a team that always has an obligation to win. I repeat about the team’s performance: Inter played with 70% of the starters, and we went over the top during the entire second half. I believe that the analysis is based on the context and not the game itself“, concluded Sampaoli.
Source: sportbuzz
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