Fourth placed at the Club World Cup, Fluminense saw their charm come to an end with only four games in Brasileirão. Defeated against Cruzeiro, Flamengo, Palmeiras and Sao Paulo, coach Renato Gaúcho justified the sequence of defeats to tiredness after the competition in the United States. And detonated the national calendar. “We didn’t even have a day off.”
this Sunday (27), the coach avoided witch hunt inside the cast, predicted the return of good performances, but admitted that his group needs a few days off to rescue the strength he presented in the United States.
“I know we need to improve, keep working. Two, three weeks was all wonderful. They are the same players, same technical committee, same board. It has to be very calm at this time here,” said the coach.
“It’s no use thinking it’s all wrong, because it’s not. We have to improve, yes, no doubt. And we’ll keep working.”
Fluminense, with no time to catch up on time, receives international on Wednesday (30) by. On Saturday (2), he plays with Grêmio, for Brasileirão, in Maracanã.
This marathon has been taking the sleep and patience of Renato Gaúcho.
“Never forgetting that everyone had a vacation, had preseason, recovered their players, most clubs, and Fluminense did not have a day off. He had a day on the way back (the World Cup). So the wear is very big,” justified the four straight losses.
“And every three days it has to enter the field and respond. Everyone wants to win, not only Fluminense, the opponent also wants, but this is the calendar of Brazilian football,” he said.
