Filipe Luís rues red cards, says he'll speak to Wallace Yan after defeat | OneFootball

With one less for about 75 minutes, Flamengo was defeated by Bahia 1-0 this Sunday, at the Betting House Arena Fonte Nova, for the 27th round of the Brazilian Championship. Coach Filipe Luís regretted the expulsion of Danilo, still in the first half, and stated that it conditioned the rest of the Rubro-Negro's game.

“Playing about 75 minutes with one less greatly harmed our team. You prepare a game plan to play with 11 players and we are a team that usually doesn't have players sent off. We tried to solve this problem in the best way and control the game, because we knew we would have chances. Unfortunately, we didn't make it and they found the goal and, from there, we tried in every way until the end, but Bahia's victory and life goes on,” said the coach.

The expulsion of Wallace Yan

With one less and behind the score, Filipe Luís bet on young Wallace Yan, who is fighting for minutes in the Rio team. However, in just a few minutes, the striker received two yellow cards and was sent off. The coach stated that the player's mistake was serious, and that he will talk to him.

“Wallace has been training well and is a very important athlete for me. However, he made a very serious mistake and harmed the team. I haven't talked to him yet. It's in these aspects that I have to improve my team, that the mental doesn't influence negatively, that it always stays with a stable mental. I thought about putting him in to break Bahia's line, because they were very closed,” said Filipe Luís.

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The defeat to Bahia cost Flamengo dearly, who lost the leadership of the Brazilian Championship to Palmeiras. Now, the Rubro-Negro has 55 points in 26 games.

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