Striker fights with Samuel Lino for position on the left wing
Flamengo faces Fluminense, this Wednesday (19), at 9:30 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã, for the Brazilian Championship, and coach Filipe Luís plans the starting team to start the classic. However, the coach will have many absences due to the FIFA date, including Arrascaeta, Carrascal, Varela, Viña, Danilo, Alex Sandro and Plata. Furthermore, Everton Cebolinha started very well against Sport and started to fight with Samuel Lino for a place on the left wing. In an interview, Filipe praised the number 11: “I tested Cebolinha instead of Arrascaeta during the week. My thought was to start with him. He’s coming from an injury he suffered against Botafogo, but he recovered and has been training very well. He’s asking for a pass. This competition between them improves both of them. My option was to start with both of them together. After studying and analyzing Sport, I thought it would be more interesting to take advantage of the spaces at the back of the defense, so I opted for Wallace and Bruno. After the game it’s easy. Because I imagine a game and I don’t always get it right. I imagine what will happen and based on that I make decisions.”
With so many absences, base athletes are options on the bench and the red and black commander commented on the topic: “Firstly, I always put the player who I think is better and whose characteristics fit, regardless of age. So much so that Wallace Yan played first than Juninho today. I believe that Wallace performs better in this specific role and is in a better moment than Juninho. If any base player is better than the professional, he will have space, but that is not happening. We have players like Arrascaeta, who is in the best moment of their career, so at the moment there is no one from the academy putting professional players on the bench. I’m always watching. But under-20 games for professionals are another level and I know that I can count on the level that Douglas trained during the week and I’m very happy with his goal.
Finally, Filipe Luís responded about Flamengo’s likely lineup for the classic against Fluminense: “Honestly? I don’t know. Carrascal plays on Monday. We don’t have midfielders without them (Arrascaeta and Carrascal). During the week, we did some tests, I opted for this lineup today. Let’s see the recoveries of Allan, Pedro, Jorginho, all the DM players. I think it’s difficult in Fla-Flu and difficult for those called up to arrive fully form. But some of them I have no doubt will be available to help, they are young. Seeing how they arrive, I will try to make the best decision.
