Boto candid on Flamengo call-ups to Brazil: “Sometimes it’s not ideal” | OneFootball

Samuel Lino and Pedro will head to the other side of the world with the Brazil National Team

The Brazil National Team squad was announced this Wednesday (09) for three friendlies during the next FIFA international window. Head coach Carlo Ancelotti called up two Flamengo players: Samuel Lino and Pedro. The duo will be absent from Rubro-Negro training for a few weeks, and that was a reason for lament from football director José Boto.

— We are always very happy when our players are called up. It’s good for them. For Flamengo, sometimes it’s not so good because of the exhausting travel, but we also think about our players’ happiness, and for them it was very good — said José Boto, who was later asked by Rock Hudson, from Coluna do Fla, whether Lino is the best player in Brazil today.

— I think it is more than fair. As for this thing about being the best player, that’s not really how I see football. He is a player who is truly in fantastic form, a player who has qualities different from other players. A player with power, dribbling, speed, and great tactical awareness. And that sometimes makes him a slightly different kind of player; he is among the best in Brazilian football — he added, speaking directly from Ecuador, where Flamengo face Independiente del Valle (ECU).

WHERE WILL BRAZIL PLAY?

Brazil will travel to Australia and face the hosts in two friendlies, on September 25 and 29. Later, on October 3, Carlo Ancelotti’s team will face India away from home. Flamengo will not have any matches during that period.

The Brasileirão will only resume for Flamengo on October 8, against Santos, at Vila Belmiro. It is worth noting that Mengão is expected to have more call-ups as well, in the national teams of Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia and perhaps Italy and Argentina.

AUTHOR’S OPINION

— Ancelotti could have shown better judgment with this squad selection. Flamengo will be in the final stretch of the Brasileirão, possibly on the eve of a Libertadores semifinal. Losing important players at this stage of the season is very bad — said Pedro Paulo Catonho, journalist at Coluna do Fla.

DEL VALLE X FLAMENGO

In short, with the called-up players Pedro and Samuel Lino, Flamengo face Independiente del Valle (ECU) this Thursday (10), at Estádio Olímpico Atahualpa, in Quito, Ecuador. Therefore, the match kicks off at 9:30 PM (Brasília time), with full coverage from Coluna do Fla, directly from the stadium.

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