Mancini: Key factor could give Bragantino edge over Flamengo | OneFootball

Flamengo and RB Bragantino face off on Saturday (22nd), for the 35th round of the Brasileirão

While Flamengo prepares to take on Fluminense this Wednesday (19th), RB Bragantino is already looking ahead to the clash with Mengão. Confident in the team’s good form, Vagner Mancini believes that a specific factor may offer a “slight advantage” for the São Paulo side in the match at Maracanã.

This is because, while RB Bragantino is fighting to enter the direct qualification zone for the 2026 Libertadores, Flamengo is in the final of this year’s tournament, which takes place on November 29th. Thus, Vagner Mancini sees Filipe Luís’s team as having their attention divided between the final and the Brasileirão.

WHAT DID VAGNER MANCINI SAY?

— I think at this moment we can say that we have everything it takes to go there and play a good match. Winning, losing, and drawing are part of the circumstances that happen during a game. Sometimes you play a great match, but in a single play you end up not getting the win –, he began, in a press conference after the victory over Atlético-MG, this Sunday (16th).

— If I had arrived at the club and in my first interview said that against Flamengo we would certainly play a good match in Rio de Janeiro and all that, a lot of people would have interpreted it differently. Today, after the performances against Bahia, Corinthians, São Paulo, and Atlético-MG, we have a bit more confidence to say that today we are a little better prepared to go there and face Flamengo –, he said.

— It’s an extremely tough match, we know that. We’re talking about a well-coached team, full of good players, that is in the final of the Libertadores, but that also has a final right after. So, that can also give us a slight advantage given the difficulty we’re going to face –, he continued.

— It’s not that we’re ahead because of that, right? Obviously not. Because it’s going to be one of the toughest games of the championship, I have no doubt about that. But these are moments, and we’re going through a good moment in the championship, right? The opponent will play a final in a few days. So, all of this could be an ingredient for a match that might be a little different from the one everyone would expect –, he concluded.

WHEN DO FLAMENGO AND RB BRAGANTINO FACE EACH OTHER?

Flamengo and RB Bragantino face each other on Saturday (22nd), for the 35th round of the Brasileirão. The ball rolls at Maracanã. Before that, however, the Rubro-Negro faces Fluminense this Wednesday (19th), for the 34th round, also at the ‘Sacred Temple’.

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