From Flamengo to Monaco: Ligue 1 honours Filipe Luís vs PSG | OneFootball

Video posted by the French competition’s official profile retraces the coach’s journey up to his arrival at the club from the Principality

The official Ligue 1 profile published, this Friday (04), a video about Filipe Luís’s journey as a coach. The production highlights his achievements with Flamengo up to his arrival at Monaco (FRA). The tribute comes on the very day the Brazilian faces PSG (FRA) again, starting at 4:05 p.m. Brasília time.

How does the Ligue 1 video revisit his time at Flamengo?

The Ligue 1 piece opens with a French narrator, who highlights the tendency to hold on only to the best parts of a story. The production then follows with fans’ testimonials about Filipe Luís’s time with Rubro-Negro. “To me, he is a great idol. He had a great spell at Flamengo,” said one fan. Another added: “Filipe Luís is an eternal Flamengo idol, you know? He’s a historic coach.”

The narrator then emphasizes that “a happy ending is not necessarily the end of the story.” According to the narration, Filipe Luís ended his playing career in Rio de Janeiro in 2023, after five seasons and ten titles with the club he supports.

What did Filipe Luís and Zico say about the start of his coaching career?

– You will also see that it’s difficult. Not just any team in the world has 45 million fans, that puts 150 thousand people in the Maracanã –, said Zico, Flamengo’s greatest idol, who added:

– Because he is Flamengo, years later I found out that, when he was a child, I was one of his idols and all that. I went into the locker room to talk to him, we stayed there chatting, and he told me: ‘Wow, if I get this Flamengo team, I’m going to crush it as a coach’ –, he said.

What playing style is praised in the Ligue 1 video?

The video also highlights the 2025 Brazilian Championship title, with the best attack and the best defense in the competition. “This style of play of always winning, the anthem of win, win, win. The best in Brazil and the best trophies,” Filipe Luís added.

Why did Filipe Luís leave Flamengo?

However, the production also addresses the turbulent end of his time with Rubro-Negro. At the start of this year, Filipe Luís’s team finished as runners-up twice, in addition to a drop in performance.

As a result, last March, the coach was fired after an 8-0 victory, a highly controversial decision. Even so, one fan summed up the feeling at the end of the video: “Certainly a coach who will remain in the hearts of Flamengo fans for many generations.”

When is the match between Monaco and PSG?

The match between Monaco and PSG takes place this Friday (04), starting at 4:05 p.m. Brasília time, at the Parc des Princes. The match is seen as a kind of long-distance rematch of the 2025 Club World Cup final, when Flamengo faced Paris. In Brazil, the broadcast will be on CazéTV.

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