“Heavy defeat”: Jorginho rues Flamengo's Copa do Brasil exit, blasts squad | OneFootball

Jorginho lamented the team’s poor finishing against Vitória

Adding up the two matches against Vitória in the Copa do Brasil, Flamengo took 47 shots, compared to ten from the Bahia side. But the team from Salvador scored more goals and secured a place in the round of 16. Starting for Mengo on Thursday (14), at Barradão, Jorginho lamented the team’s lack of accuracy, demanded improvement from the squad in that area, and commented on how he took the elimination from the national knockout tournament.

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— Obviously it’s a tough defeat, in a competition we placed a lot of importance on. Flamengo is a favorite in every competition it enters. So that brings greater responsibility. Unfortunately, we couldn’t turn what we created into goals, and don’t let anyone say, ‘oh, he’s blaming the forwards.’ No. I include myself in that, I had the chance to shoot and I hit it poorly too —, began Jorginho.

— So, it’s definitely something we have to improve, and football is simple: either you score or you don’t and then concede. But if you stop and really look at the game situation coldly, you see that Flamengo played the same game it did against Grêmio. We’re on the right track, we’re doing the work that has to be done, being the Flamengo we want to be, the kind the fans like to see, so we all need to improve our finishing in order to truly convert the amount of play we’re producing —, added the midfielder.

MOVE ON, JORGINHO?

In football, there isn’t much time to dwell on it. On Sunday (17), Flamengo return to the pitch to face Athletico-PR in the Brasileirão. Even suspended, Jorginho asked the team to reflect on its mistakes and mentioned the clash at Arena da Baixada.

— Unfortunately, yesterday, in a knockout game, if you don’t score and then concede, you’re eliminated. Then, if you look at the numbers, they had less than half as many shots as we did and scored the goals. Congratulations to them for being efficient enough to convert, and now we have to look at what happened, improve, and move on, because the next game is in two days —, said the player in an interview with Canal ‘Goat’.

WHO REPLACES JORGINHO AGAINST ATHLETICO-PR?

With Jorginho and Evertton Araújo suspended, Flamengo have doubts for the match against Athletico-PR. De La Cruz is also expected to miss out because of the synthetic turf. So, Mengão are hoping to have Erick Pulgar back in that area. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. (Brasília time), with full coverage from Coluna do Fla.

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