Mirassol star mocks Grêmio, hails Flamengo: “Like playing the violin” | OneFootball

Chico da Costa recalled Mirassol’s defeat to Flamengo and later saw it as a win

Mirassol lost to Flamengo 2-1 at Maracanã at the beginning of August. The feeling within the São Paulo team was that they could have at least managed a draw. However, that opinion changed at the end of the same month, when Mengão put eight past Vitória. The one who joked about the situation was Mirassol’s striker, Chico da Costa, who heaped praise on the team led by Filipe Luís and took a light jab at the celebration by Grêmio, who managed a 1-1 draw against the leader of the Brasileirão.

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— Grêmio celebrated the draw with Flamengo as if it were a qualification, right? But then again, the guys put eight past Vitória. We went there, lost 2-1, I was frustrated because we could have drawn. When they put eight past Vitória, my brother, let’s be thankful (laughs). (Against Mirassol), Flamengo was a bit shaken after being knocked out of the Copa do Brasil. They took a hit. They even went up 2-0, we pulled one back, and it was that thing, ‘big team, danger of embarrassment.’ That’s when it hurts — Chico da Costa began.

— Honestly, the game was controlled by Flamengo. It’s a team that controls the game. They play strong passes between the lines, hard to control, to hold up and all, everyone around. That’s when we think we’ll trigger a ‘pressure trap’ to win the ball back. But then they control it, carry it forward. Against Vitória, Jorginho fired a shot at Arrascaeta, and he backheeled it, the other one (Plata) returned it with his shoulder. At that point, you just have to play a violin and appreciate it. How do you press a team like that? They have a solution for everything — Chico added, in an interview with the podcast ‘Um Assado Para…’, by journalist Duda Garbi.

HOW DID THE MATCHES GO?

On August 9, Flamengo struggled but beat Mirassol 2-1, with goals from Léo Pereira and Plata, with Gabriel, a former Mengão player, scoring for Mirassol. After the match, Filipe Luís and Saúl heaped praise on the interior club’s coach, Rafael Guanaes, who played ‘on equal terms’ with the Most Beloved at Maracanã.

Chico da Costa’s frustration over the defeat ‘passed’ on August 26, when, at the same Maracanã, Flamengo steamrolled Vitória 8-0. Pedro (three times), Samuel Lino (twice), Arrascaeta, Luiz Araújo and Bruno Henrique all found the net.

WHEN DOES FLAMENGO PLAY AGAIN?

Flamengo is trying to ‘tune the violin’ to get back to winning ways in the Brasileirão after the draw with Grêmio. The next match will be against another team from Rio Grande do Sul, this time Juventude, at Estádio Alfredo Jaconi. The match kicks off at 4pm (Brasília time), with full coverage from Coluna do Fla.

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