Sampaoli is sincere about Flamengo’s victory: “I think…”

Jorge Sampaolitechnician of Flamengobroke the silence on the victory over the Botafogo at the Brasileirão 2023. Rubro-Negro won by the score of 1 to 2 at Nilton Santos and reduced the distance to Glorioso himself on the table. Currently, Alvinegro dominates with 51 points, while the Gávea team has 39.

“I think there was a very good connection. Basically the first half was extremely good for the team. Unfortunately, in a sporadic move, Botafogo scored, but the first half of the Flamengo it was the best I saw in the tournament. I think they are two very good players and, in fact, when there were the relegations of Pedro and the rises of Bruno Henrique caused discomfort in the last line of Botafogo”highlighted Sampaoli.

The commander also spoke about the projection he had made for the classic: “I imagined a game against Botafogo with a crossing characteristic, with many crosses inside the area, so we preferred to play with a line of five to avoid launches from our backs and also protection inside the area. I chose Pedro because we tried to have a 9 that would come out and put us in front of our steering wheel to try Bruno Henrique’s verticality”.

Marlon opened the scoring with an own goal, victor sa discounted, but Bruno Henrique reacted and nailed the red-black victory. Despite the setback suffered by Botafogo, the distance between the teams in the standings is considerable. Furthermore, Flamengo is still behind palm trees It’s from Guild in the internal fight of the G4. However, Sampaoli did not rule out the title shot.

“I think the distance is very long, but we will always try to give the same importance to each game, because every time Flamengo loses, a lot of things always happen, so to avoid movements, operations against the team, there is to win”, highlighted. Flamengo returns to the field on Wednesday, the 13th, against Athletico-PR.