Bap cites Filipe Luís, raves about Jardim: “What he does with Lino works” | OneFootball

“There was no planning at all, that’s nonsense. There was an idea in some people’s heads, and it was not shared with the Flamengo president. The initial date for the return was January 6. Then it was moved to January 12. And no one ever told me that the plan, or someone’s idea, was to come back against São Paulo. That is an institutional decision; no Flamengo coach has the authority to make that decision. I make that decision. And I will not give that up. There was no planning. The planning was very clear: what date they were supposed to return. And whoever extended the players’ vacation and arranged that internally knows exactly what they did, at their own risk. That is the first thing. The second is that my responsibility is to Flamengo. Flamengo was never, under my management, going to compete in a life-or-death battle not to be relegated in the Carioca. When we made the decision regarding the coach, Flamengo, among all Série A clubs, had the worst performance on the day our coach was dismissed. So you had a positive picture until the end of last year, and then you had a horrible start to the year. In that situation, looking at the other clubs, if we looked at the squad we had, Corinthians played until December 21 and won the Copa do Brasil. They came back a week before Flamengo and played much better than Flamengo, they deserved to win… That only happens when the Flamengo president approves that planning. If João’s or Pedro’s idea is not shared with the Flamengo president, then it is at their own risk. So there are consequences. Flamengo won by eight, but the decision had already been made. Whatever the result was, it had already been made. And why had it been made? Because of the overall body of work. I’m not going into other details because I have a great relationship with Filipe. I’m very grateful for what he did for Flamengo. But marriages end too. I have an institutional responsibility to Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. I have no commitment to anything or anyone in carrying out my role other than Flamengo. I made the decision that I thought was important for Flamengo at that moment. It’s about what Flamengo’s start to the year was, what was being said about intensity, about the defensive system, about the technical choices, about the lineups, about Flamengo’s lack of physical preparation. The other clubs, all 19 other Série A clubs, came back at the same time. Why were they all better than us? I’m not a professional in this area, but I have to do my job, not close my eyes to that. ‘Oh, but Flamengo doesn’t get any rest.’ I don’t have Saturdays or Sundays, I don’t have holidays, there are no FIFA dates for the Flamengo president, there is no vacation for the Flamengo president. Things keep happening. Anyone who wants to work at Flamengo has to be Flamengo 24/7. You can’t take vacations, you can’t put your personal schedule ahead of the club’s interests. Winning is very good. But sometimes, even when you win, not everything is right, and even when you lose, not everything is wrong. Nothing I’m saying was unknown to everyone involved in Flamengo’s football department. It’s not in my personality to leave my discomfort unclear or what I think is wrong. I was talking about dissatisfaction, I made it very clear every day, and there were days when I pointed things out more than once. Everybody makes mistakes: I make mistakes, you make mistakes, the coach makes mistakes, these things are natural—except our choices. If you agree to do A, do A. You say you’re going to do A, you do B, it goes wrong, and you keep insisting. I understand that Filipe is a great coach, I hope he does well at Monaco, I think he will. He is a prepared guy, he is an upright guy. But at Flamengo, at that moment, I did not think he was right for the club. In those circumstances, looking to the future, I understood that it was the best decision we should have made. Since then, I think we have evolved. In the same way Filipe made an important contribution to Flamengo, Leonardo has too. When I now see what he is doing with Samuel Lino, bringing Samuel more into the middle, you can see the coach’s hand, you can see the guy’s talent for noticing it, he makes an adjustment and solves part of a problem, and the player grows. It’s very satisfying. You see Wallace coming on and scoring an important goal. You see Lorran, who is a hope for every Flamengo fan. Royal is playing. João Victor and Vitão had a sensational mid-season training period. That’s what is expected from a coach. Is Flamengo’s coach eternal? No, nothing is eternal. But I’m very happy with what I’m seeing now and excited about this return.”

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