Tite strongly criticises Flamengo: “My feeling…” | OneFootball

For the former coach, Flamengo breathes the Libertadores and the Club World Cup

Tite took charge of Flamengo at the start of 2024, but left the club in the final stretch of the season after being eliminated from the Libertadores. Therefore, the former coach of the Most Beloved criticized the club’s methodology, where, according to him, only the Libertadores and the Club World Cup matter to the club.

— My feeling about Flamengo is that it breathes the Libertadores and the Club World Cup. Anything that is not the Libertadores and the Club World Cup is seen as too little. We lost Pedro, Cebolinha and Luiz Araújo, the attacking trio, who accounted for nearly 60 goals — he said, before concluding:

— We lost the first match (against Peñarol, in the round of 16 of the Libertadores), drew the second, and then came the dismissal. To me, the feeling was that the titles they wanted were the Libertadores and the Club World Cup — he said.

How was Tite’s spell at Flamengo?

Tite joined Flamengo in October 2023. The coach led the team in 68 matches as the Rubro-Negro manager, with 41 wins. It is worth remembering that he won the 2024 Campeonato Carioca.

However, as mentioned, Tite left Flamengo in the final stretch of the 2024 season. That was because the Most Beloved were eliminated by Peñarol (URU) in the Libertadores, and the Rubro-Negro decided to dismiss the coach.

Who is Flamengo’s current coach?

Now, Leonardo Jardim is Flamengo’s head coach. The Portuguese manager is already preparing the team for the clash with Vitória on Thursday (14), in the second leg of the fifth round of the Copa do Brasil. The match is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time), at Barradão.

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