Former Flamengo staffer reveals 'friction' with Filipe Luís | OneFootball

What did Gilberto say about his relationship with Filipe Luís at Flamengo?

Former left-back Gilberto was serving as coordinator of Flamengo’s youth academy when Filipe Luís became a coach. With that, the former player revealed behind-the-scenes details about what it was like working with the manager and also spoke about what his relationship with the club idol was like off the pitch.

— Filipe is a guy who has his own ideas, but Flamengo had a methodological process that you had to follow. However, he arrived with completely different protocols put in place by the board itself. Some people were impacted, but in my role I had to give direction on what to do -, he said, before concluding:

— At some moments, I agreed, while at others I didn’t, but in the end it worked out. At the time, almost the entire staff changed. Filipe won the U-20 Club World Cup, despite Mário Jorge’s departure. He also won the U-17 Copa Rio, which was not a tournament treated as a priority. But I already knew he would be a great coach -, Gilberto concluded in an interview with ‘Basticast’, from 365 Scores.

HOW DID FILIPE LUÍS’S JOURNEY AT FLAMENGO GO?

Filipe Luís retired at the end of 2023 and began his coaching journey with Flamengo’s U-17 team in 2024. In his first competition, the coach won the Copa Rio against Vasco.

After that success, still in 2020, Filipe Luís moved up to Flamengo’s U-20 team, where he was crowned world champion in the category against Olympiacos (GRE) at the Maracanã. In October of the same year, the manager took charge of Mengão’s senior squad, where he remained until the beginning of 2026.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO’S NEXT MATCH?

Now without Filipe Luís and with Leonardo Jardim in charge, Flamengo faces Vitória this Wednesday (22) in the fifth round of the Copa do Brasil. In short, the ball starts rolling at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at the Maracanã. As usual, Coluna do Fla TV will cover all the details of the match on YouTube, as well as on the website and social media.

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