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What did Emerson Royal say about coach Filipe Luís?

Flamengo had two distinct halves in their victory over Corinthians, 2-1, in the Brasileirão. Given this situation, Emerson Royal revealed Filipe Luís's request to the players during the halftime of the Sunday (28) match at Neo Química Arena.

"In the first half, we couldn't get the game going, neither with the ball nor in marking. With this, Filipe Luís said that we had to be Flamengo, which is an aggressive team without the ball, and tries to play with it," he stressed, before concluding:

"That's what we did in the second half. We had difficulties in the first, but the second half was completely different. We imposed the game. We conceded an early goal, but we had the maturity to turn the game around," concluded Emerson Royal.

HOW WAS THE FLAMENGO X CORINTHIANS MATCH?

Right at the start of the game, Corinthians implemented a 'blitz', pressuring Flamengo in the defensive part. Given this situation, the team from São Paulo had a chance to open the score with a penalty kick by Yuri Alberto, however, Rossi saved it.

In the second half, striker Yuri Alberto redeemed himself and opened the score for Corinthians. After that, Flamengo grew in the game and managed to turn it around with goals from Arrascaeta and Luiz Araújo.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO'S SITUATION IN THE BRASILEIRÃO?

With the victory, Flamengo reached 54 points and is more leader than ever in the Brasileirão. Thus, the Rubro-Negro opened a four-point lead over Cruzeiro, and five over Palmeiras.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO'S NEXT MATCH?

Flamengo's next match will be against Cruzeiro, on Thursday (02), at 8:30 pm (Brasília time), at Maracanã. Thus, Coluna do Fla TV, as usual, brings details of the match, on YouTube. Finally, Premiere (pay-per-view) broadcasts the duel.

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