Flamengo leads Santos 3-0 at the Maracanã, but concedes two goals in the closing stages, leaving fans worried once again.
Flamengo defeated Santos 3-2 on Sunday night (9th) in Matchday 33 of Brasileirão. In this way, they will continue to chase the leader Palmeiras and dream of the title. However, coach Filipe Luis’ press conference emphasized the fact that Lebro-Negro conceded two goals in the final stages of the game. The Santa Catarina Island native stressed that he “hates” to see something like that happen, but also stressed that he is not worried.
“First of all, I I hate losing points, so I value the defense phase very much. I believe that defense is the biggest weapon for winning. Let this fear serve as a lesson to us. In Brazil and in world soccer, if you let your guard down even a little, you pay a huge price. I’ve already told them (the players). No worries. That’s a different case. But yeah, it hurts me. I don’t want this to happen” commented Filipe Luis.
In fact, it is worth remembering that Filipe Luis’ Flamengo have the best defense in Brasileirão (20 goals conceded) and are also the team that has conceded the least: 4. In addition, Rubro Negro is a finalist in the Libertadores competition, and the winner will be decided on November 29th at 6pm against Palmeiras. In fact, this is not the first time that Hula has conceded a goal late in the game. Only between August and October, Fra suffered this problem against Gremio, Palmeiras itself, São Paulo, Estudiantes, and others. I’m sure the coach isn’t worried.
“Against Estudiantes there was the unfair sending off of Plata. We were trying to score the third goal (2-1 in the first game). It’s not fair to talk about that. Today is a different story, but we conceded in the 42nd minute when we were 3-0 up. We have to try to understand the moment when Santos came to take the ball away. The players have to understand that. I’m not going to say they had better moments and in the end we suffered, but let’s make them understand that the game only ends when it ends.
Flamengo will have a week to train, so their only rematch next Saturday will be when they visit Sport in a delayed duel on Matchday 1 of Brasileiron. In fact, the ball rolls at 6 p.m.
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