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What Did Hector Canteros Say About Guerrero’s Arrival at Flamengo?

Striker Guerrero was one of the signings that was part of the restructuring of Flamengo football. However, after accepting the offer from Mengão, the Peruvian was ‘shocked’ by the club’s facilities. Former Flamengo player Héctor Canteros, who is now at Sacachispas (ARG), said that the player wanted to leave as soon as he saw the Ninho do Urubu training center.

— As soon as he (Guerrero) arrived at the training center, he wanted to leave right away. Then everyone started talking to him, asking him to stay. I went over and spoke to him too. Rodrigo Caetano (the football director at the time) also talked to him —, he said, before concluding:

— He was coming from Corinthians, which had a very good structure at the time. Back then, Flamengo was old school. When I get together with Paolo, we laugh a lot about this story (…). Today, Flamengo has a hotel, space for everyone. Flamengo is on another level now —, Canteros concluded to ESPN.

HOW WAS GUERRERO’S JOURNEY AT FLAMENGO?

Guerrero arrived with the ‘status’ of a major signing for Flamengo. The striker joined the Rubro-Negro in 2015. At that time, the club had already started the transition and the players were training amid the construction of the Ninho do Urubu training center.

Even so, Guerrero adapted to Flamengo and managed to become one of the key attacking players at the time. In total, the Peruvian scored 43 goals and provided 13 assists in 115 matches. Finally, the player also won the Carioca title in 2017 before leaving the club in 2018.

WHAT IS THE NINHO DO URUBU TRAINING CENTER LIKE?

As Canteros himself mentioned, Flamengo is now on another level, both as a team and in terms of facilities. Ninho do Urubu is even considered one of the best training centers in world football. As a result, today’s athletes have access to the best equipment and facilities to work with.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO’S NEXT MATCH?

After preparing at the Ninho do Urubu training center, the Flamengo squad is in Argentina to face Estudiantes (ARG) in the return leg of the Libertadores quarterfinals. The match kicks off at 9:30 PM (Brasília time) this Thursday (25th), at La Plata.

Coluna do Fla TV, as usual, will show all the details of the match with on-site coverage by Leo José and Simon Lédo, on YouTube. Finally, Rede Globo (free-to-air), ESPN (cable), and Disney+ (streaming) will broadcast the match.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.