Renê rues Fluminense defeat, eyes Copa do Brasil rematch with Vasco | OneFootball

This Monday, in the 29th round of the Série A of the Brazilian Championship, Fluminense faced Vasco at Maracanã and lost 2-0. Full-back Renê lamented the negative result and stated that the team needs to correct their mistakes for the rematch between the teams in the semifinals of the Copa do Brasil.

“It was two very different halves. In the first, we controlled the game, but we gave them the ball for the transition, which is their strength, and Rayan was lucky with the deflection. In the second, they scored early and we lost our marking. It was more to their credit. We know that derbies are decided in the details and they were luckier when they had their chances. Now, we need to improve so that when we meet in the Copa do Brasil we don't make the same mistakes and take advantage of our opportunities,” he said.

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Renê also emphasized that the setback needs to be absorbed with an eye on the rest of the season.

“Whenever you lose a derby it influences things a bit. Sometimes not so much internally, but externally the fans like to win these kinds of games. Now we need to look at what happened so it doesn't happen again. The defeat can't shake us and we have to focus on Internacional,” he declared.

With the negative result, the Tricolor from Rio remained with the same 41 points, in seventh place. Vasco, meanwhile, rose to eighth, two points behind their rival.

Fluminense returns to the field next Saturday, against Internacional. The match kicks off at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Estádio Cicero De Souza Marques, for the 30th round of the Brasileirão.

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