After heavy defeat, Fluminense begin preparations to face Bahia | OneFootball

This Monday, at the Carlos Castilho Training Center, Fluminense began their preparation for the match against Bahia, valid for the first leg of the Copa do Brasil quarter-finals. The teams will face each other next Thursday at 7:30 PM (Brasília time), at Arena Fonte Nova.

The group of athletes started the day with weight training inside the facilities and warm-up on the field. Following that, under the command of Renato Gaúcho, they carried out ball work.

The Tricolor is coming off a 4-2 defeat to Red Bull Bragantino last Saturday in Bragança Paulista, for the 21st round of the Brazilian Championship. In the league, the team from Rio is in ninth place with 29 points.

Currently, Fluminense is competing in three tournaments. Besides the Copa do Brasil and the Brasileirão itself, the team from Rio has also advanced to the quarter-finals of the Copa Sudamericana after defeating América de Cali and will now face Lanús.

After the victory in Colombia, Renato justified the rotation he has been implementing in the squad and stated that he is not prioritizing any competition, at least for now.

“At the moment, we do not have a preference for any competition. I always have a lot of conversations with the president and we exchange ideas. Our goal is to keep advancing well in the Brazilian Championship, as we have been doing, and also in the cups. Later on, if we reach a semi-final, we might reconsider,” he declared.

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