Filipe Luís warns Flamengo after late scare: let this be a lesson | OneFootball

Flamengo defeated Santos 3-2 this Sunday at Maracanã, during the 33rd round of the Brazilian Championship. The Rubro-Negro managed to take a three-goal lead, but saw Peixe reduce the gap in the final minutes and apply pressure until the final whistle. After the match, coach Filipe Luís expressed discomfort with the team's loss of concentration in the final stretch of the game.

“I hate conceding goals. It's something you know well about me, I highly value the team's defensive phase. I firmly believe that a solid defense is the best weapon to win a championship. It cost us a lot to get here with such a low number of goals conceded. This scare, we can call it that, should serve as a lesson. In the Brazilian Championship and perhaps in world football, if you let your guard down for a minute, it costs a lot. I've already told them. It doesn't worry me because it's an isolated case. But yes, it hurts me. I repeat, I hate when this happens,” stated Filipe in a press conference.

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Training Period

Now, the coach will have a free week of training before the match against Sport next Saturday. He highlighted that the FIFA Date period will be crucial to correct mistakes and improve the team's performance.

“We really need training time. Unfortunately, we will have many players called up, many players who will not be in these training sessions. Because I need to recover behaviors and concepts that have been lost in recent games. Today, at certain moments of the game, I don't recognize myself when I see the team breaking apart or speeding up the game the way it was, especially in the first half,” he explained.

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“I urgently need time to train to recover these concepts and for the team to play the way I want. So, at some moments today in the first half, I didn't feel that, but those who will stay here will have all the content and I will be able to prepare in the best way for the game against Sport,” the coach added.

Flamengo will have seven absences against Sport

Despite the break in the schedule, Filipe Luís will have to “rack his brains” to assemble the team, as Flamengo will have seven absences due to call-ups during the FIFA Date. Danilo and Alex Sandro were called by Carlo Ancelotti for the Brazilian National Team, while Carrascal will defend Colombia and Plata, Ecuador. Meanwhile, Varela, Viña, and Arrascaeta are on Uruguay's list.

Standings Situation

With the victory, second-place Flamengo equaled Palmeiras in points (68), but is behind in the number of wins. Verdão was defeated 2-1 by Mirassol this Sunday.

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