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Defensive Errors by Flamengo Led to Fluminense’s Goals This Sunday (25)

Flamengo suffered another defeat in the Carioca this Sunday (25), losing 2-1 to Fluminense in the fourth round. The rival’s goals, in fact, came from defensive mistakes by Mengão. Despite this, coach Filipe Luís ‘lifted’ the blame from the players after the match.

— I still believe (that attacks win games and defenses win championships). Our defensive phase needs to be very strong. Their first goal came from a loss of possession. My players need to know they can lose the ball. I ask them to try, to take risks, and to play forward — he said, before concluding:

— We already had a warning about losing possession in the first half. In the second half, it led to a goal. You only look at the goal and who made the bad pass. I see many other things in that play, and it’s my job to correct and solve them so our players can keep making mistakes and our team remains solid defensively. Set pieces are also a factor — Filipe Luís concluded.

How Did Fluminense’s Goals Against Flamengo Happen?

Fluminense’s first goal came seven minutes into the second half, after a bad play out from the back by Léo Ortiz. On that occasion, the defender made a bad pass and ‘handed’ the ball to Santiago Moreno, who found Kevin Serna inside the box.

Then, at the 21st minute of the second half, after a Fluminense corner kick, Emerson Royal tried to clear the ball, which ended up at the feet of John Kennedy. The striker then scored the team’s second goal. Finally, Everton Cebolinha pulled one back for Flamengo.

What Is Flamengo’s Next Match?

Flamengo now ‘turns the page’ and begins to focus on the debut of the Brazilian Championship. This Wednesday (28), Filipe Luís’s team faces São Paulo at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at MorumBIS.

As tradition dictates, Coluna do Fla will bring all the details about the match between Flamengo and São Paulo, through YouTube, the website, and social media. However, Globo (free-to-air channel), GE TV (YouTube) and Premiere (pay-per-view) will broadcast the Brasileirão match.

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