Pulgar hails Flamengo win, warns: “We won’t always play pretty football” | OneFootball

Erick Pulgar scored a stunning goal in Flamengo's victory over Vitória

Flamengo secured their first win in the Brasileirão this Tuesday (10), with a 2-1 victory against Vitória. However, the team from Bahia had more shots and even missed a penalty. When questioned about Mengão’s performance falling short of expectations, Erick Pulgar, who scored the first goal of the match, warned: the team won’t always play beautifully.

— In the first few minutes, we let them play a bit, but they didn’t create any real danger. They pressed man-to-man, and that made things a bit complicated for us. But we have to know how to play like this too, we won’t always play beautifully — began Erick Pulgar.

“There are matches where we’ll have to know how to suffer and still come out with the advantage. This win is important to get us back on the path of victories, and we have another game on Sunday,” added Flamengo’s number 5, in an interview with the subscription channel SporTV.

HOW WAS PULGAR’S GOAL?

If Flamengo’s match ‘wasn’t beautiful’, at least Pulgar’s goal was truly a work of art. At the 14th minute of the first half, the Chilean scored a screamer from outside the box, right into the top corner past goalkeeper Gabriel. Later, in stoppage time of the first half, Everton Cebolinha extended the lead after a beautiful long pass from Léo Ortiz. Early in the second half, Matheuzinho pulled one back for Vitória.

The home team came very close to equalizing soon after, at the 18th minute, but Agustín Rossi made a brilliant save on Renato Kayzer’s penalty kick. In total, Vitória had seven shots in the match, compared to four from the Red and Black.

WHO DOES FLAMENGO PLAY ON SUNDAY?

As highlighted by Pulgar, Flamengo returns to the pitch on Sunday (15), to face Botafogo in the quarterfinals of the Campeonato Carioca. The match kicks off at 5:30pm (Brasília time), at the Nilton Santos Stadium, also known as Engenhão.

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