Flamengo’s 1-0 win over Fluminense, this Sunday (20) by Brasileirão, was marked by Pedro’s return to the games. Shirt 9 left the bank to score the only goal in Maracanã after being away from the last two games of Flamengo by technical option. The return of the center forward, of course, was the theme in the interview of Filipe Luís.
“About Pedro, I already talked at the other press conference. It’s a matter closed. There’s no controversy. I’m the happiest in the world when a player like him enters and makes a goal. Football gives you these opportunities. There is no one more important than the team. The team needed and needed Pedro.
It is noteworthy that Filipe Luís even stated that the behavior of training was “unfortunate” and “drunk the ridicule”, but had the athlete for the sequence of the season.
At the celebration of the goal, Pedro “ignored” Filipe Luís. After the match, he explained that he had the performance affected by the leakage of messages from a member of the Flamengo Football Department, published by the portal “UOL”, in which it is said that the club would be willing to negotiate it.
Filipe Luís was once again asked about it, but declined to answer if the board member should be publicly apologized to Pedro, as requested by the center forward.
“I don’t want controversy. I want to talk about the game. I have no problem with Pedro. It recovered the brightness, made the goal. No one else wants to talk about this,” replied the coach of.
The Series A table
With the victory in the classic, it reaches the 30 points and continues in the glue of the leader Cruzeiro, which has 33 points, and one more game.
Fluminense with the second consecutive defeat has 20 points, but with 13 matches played. The two teams return to the field on Wednesday (23) for the 16th round of Brasileirão.
Check out more answers from Filipe Luís:
Match analysis
“We had a few days to prepare this game. One day and a half to train with those who played against Santos and some casualties. Playing a classic is always complicated. Against Fluminense is always difficult, imposes many difficulties and we got a great victory, very important for our journey.”
Physical Moment of the Cast
“Highlighting the work of the team. Today we had quite low. Erick can be out for up to four months. The whole bank, one or two, was the base. The boys managed to match, ran a lot to win this game. Game that demands a lot of the mental, played a recurring subject. The board knows the characteristics of the players that the cast needs and are working for it. hands.”
Viña’s situation
“Viña, we must not forget that whoever enters the field, will be tried for the moment. He was 10 months out, not yet many minutes. Today has come in 15. He has not played even 45 minutes.
Pedro and Juninho together in the attack
“It’s an option, they trained together. The team wins in valences and loses others. He believed it was important for the way Fluminense had been defending. The mock play was a combination of the two, and the corner was wonderful.”
Boldness of young people
“What I want most is to dribble, bold, go up. That’s what I asked before the game. Go up, make a mistake. The time that comes to the strikers, have to solve. I have to look at all aspects of the game and decide what the team, as a whole, need.
