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

Jorginho lamented the team’s lack of accuracy against Vitória

Adding up the two matches against Vitória in the Copa do Brasil, Flamengo had 47 shots, compared to ten from the team from Bahia. But the team from Salvador scored more goals and secured a spot in the round of 16. A starter for Mengo on Thursday (14) at Barradão, Jorginho lamented the team’s poor finishing, called for improvement from the squad in that regard, and commented on how he took the elimination from the national knockout competition.

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

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

MOVING ON, JORGINHO?

In football, there isn’t much time to dwell on things. On Sunday (17), Flamengo returns to the field to face Athletico-PR in the Brasileirão. Even though he is suspended, Jorginho asked the team to reflect on its mistakes and mentioned the clash taking place at Arena da Baixada.

— Unfortunately, yesterday, in a knockout match, if you don’t score and you concede, you’re eliminated. Afterward, if you look at the numbers, they shot less than half as much 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 forward, because the next game is in two days —, the player said in an interview with the ‘Goat’ channel.

WHO REPLACES JORGINHO AGAINST ATHLETICO-PR?

With Jorginho and Evertton Araújo suspended, Flamengo has doubts ahead of the match against Athletico-PR. De La Cruz is also expected to be unavailable because of the artificial turf. So Mengão is 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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