Jardim after Corinthians win: Flamengo '10/10', Data FIFA, Alex Sandro

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·15 September 2026

Jardim after Corinthians win: Flamengo '10/10', Data FIFA, Alex Sandro

Check out all of Leonardo Jardim’s quotes after Flamengo vs. Corinthians

Flamengo remain top of the Brasileirão. On Sunday (13), the Rubro-Negro beat Corinthians 2-1. After the match, head coach Leonardo Jardim addressed several topics. In the manager’s view, Mengão deserved a “10-1” result based on what they showed at the Maracanã.

— In the first half, we had several shots, and the opponent didn’t have a single shot on our goal. Normally, what happens? You score one or two and it’s settled. But when the game is 1-0, the opponent has a lot of players on the bench who are used to playing, and the game improves. They improved and had the luck and the quality to score —, said Leonardo Jardim.

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— But we also reacted and ended up getting the win. That’s why I said it would have been a huge injustice. 33 shots to 3, 10 shots on target to 1. If there were justice, it would be 10-1 (laughs). In the end it was fair, I honestly don’t think the opponent deserved any result other than defeat. Even though I think Corinthians are a great team —, added the Flamengo coach.

Still during the press conference, Leonardo Jardim praised Joaquín Freitas, who provided the assist for Bruno Henrique’s decisive goal. In his conversation with the press, the coach also spoke about the absence of Nico de la Cruz, who was not even on the bench. Click on the two players’ names to read those statements.

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After the game against Bragantino on Sunday (20), Flamengo and the other Brasileirão teams will have a break in the schedule because of the FIFA international window. Leonardo Jardim said he regretted the period he will be without the called-up players, but said the impact will be smaller compared to what happened during the World Cup.

— We would like everyone to be with us during this break, but we also can’t compare the two months they were away (at the World Cup) with the maximum 10 days they’ll be away now. It’s 15% of what was lost that time. Now the impact on our ideas will be smaller. We hope to keep working, recover the group of players—you know the fatigue is high—and prepare for the final stretch, which is the two months of the two competitions we’re playing in —, he said.

— Before the World Cup, it was an extremely positive cycle. Afterward, we had a drop-off. The critics don’t understand it, but inside we knew why: we spent two months without half the team, without training together. It was difficult for us to get back to what our dynamic is. When it’s a simpler game, it’s easier to introduce things. When it’s a more complex game, like ours, the pressing strategy and the timing have to be coordinated. We have to train that, we have to prepare beforehand. I hope we can do better than we did previously —, Jardim commented.

OTHER ANSWERS FROM JARDIM How big a role does physical preparation play in Flamengo’s dominance in games? — Everything the players do on the pitch is certainly related to what they work on; they work to play this kind of game. We, in our area, try to give them the best conditions so they can do their job. And there’s the ambition to be dominant, to press—that’s our way. It was 33 shots to the opponent’s three, 10 shots on target to one. A draw would have been such a huge injustice to football. It’s not about the result, but about the football. Of course I defend Flamengo, but sometimes I just like watching football. And it would have been such a great injustice if the result had been a draw today Was Alex Sandro’s return a calculated risk? — Ayrton asked to come off, I don’t know if you saw. He even signaled earlier, but I asked him to hang on a little longer. Alex is certainly not in his best condition because of the break (time without playing, since 07/29), that’s normal. We believe that now, with training and progress, he’ll be able to improve. At the moment, Ayrton is in great form and he’s also a player we count on a lot. But it’s good to have options. How far can Flamengo go with this good run of form? — Coaching Flamengo is great, playing well, scoring a lot of goals. But Flamengo expects titles, right? And we work to deliver those titles. What we need is to keep things going, keep showing the same behaviors, always looking for wins so that, at the end of the year, we can win titles. That’s our way of thinking and everyone’s ambition. We all know it’s hard to have two strong cycles at a football club, like the cycle last year. But we have that ambition. And we also have several strong opponents who want to get to the top. That’s why we have to show it on the pitch, in every game. On Thursday we have another game to show that. Del Valle’s approach at the Maracanã — I’ll be repetitive, but I think scoring one or two goals is fundamental, sometimes to make opponents change their style of play a little. I don’t think Del Valle will come that defensive, because they’ll have to make their final move. They’re a team that plays the ball well, one that surprised me when I started analyzing them (before the first leg in the Libertadores). They play well, with some very well-established dynamics. We have to respect them. — We want to impose ourselves at home, win the game, and go through, but we can’t underestimate Del Valle. I don’t believe they’ll all sit behind the ball. I think they’ll have to attack to look for the result, unlike today, when maybe a draw would already have been an extremely positive result for Corinthians. When the blocks are deeper, we manage to make opponents come out a little. If not, we have to keep the players more aggressive around the box. That was a bit the strategy today. With Pedro going off and BH coming on, we had more presence in the box. Not by chance, from two crosses, BH sent one over the bar and scored the goal. Assessment of the goal conceded: — When we made the first substitution and took Ayrton off, the opponent made substitutions and strengthened that right side a little more (Corinthians’ attacking side). We had some difficulties there. If you look, I put Arrascaeta and Jorginho there to balance our left side, forming a triangle with Lino or Alex. However, they scored, and I had to choose another option strategically. The opponent forced play down that side, we lost two or three situations that they took advantage of. But I think it’s something isolated, because we’re not used to making mistakes there in that channel.

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