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What Did Diego Alves Say to Rossi After the Flamengo vs Corinthians Match?

Rossi has been a standout in Flamengo’s recent matches, especially for his saves during rivals’ penalty kicks. In this context, Diego Alves, who was an expert ‘penalty stopper’ himself, gave some advice to the current number 1 of Mengão.

“As soon as the match ended, I told Rossi: that’s enough, you can stop saving penalties now. Otherwise, soon I won’t even be around here talking about football anymore.”, said Diego Alves in an interview with ‘Cazé TV’. After the banter, the former and current Flamengo goalkeepers burst out laughing.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH ROSSI IN FLAMENGO’S RECENT MATCHES?

Goalkeeper Rossi ‘stole the show’ in Flamengo’s recent games. Starting with Thursday (25th), after making a mistake in regular time against Estudiantes (ARG), he saved two penalties that qualified Mengão for the semifinals of the Libertadores.

Then, last Sunday (28th), Rossi’s star shone once again. The Argentine showed great composure to save a penalty taken by Yuri Alberto. On that occasion, the Corinthians striker tried to ‘chip’ the ball, but Flamengo’s number 1 recovered in time and prevented the São Paulo team’s goal.

HOW MANY PENALTIES HAS ROSSI SAVED FOR FLAMENGO?

So far, Rossi has saved eight out of 21 penalties taken against Flamengo. Thus, the Argentine has a 38% success rate in this aspect wearing the number 1 shirt for Mengão.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO’S NEXT MATCH?

With Rossi available, Flamengo is now fully focused on the ‘decisive’ match in the Brasileirão. This Thursday (2nd), Mengo hosts Cruzeiro for the 26th round of the tournament. The match kicks off at 8:30 PM (Brasília time), at Maracanã.

Coluna do Fla TV, as usual, will show all the details of the match with on-site coverage by Leo José and Rodrigo Lima on YouTube. Finally, the match will also be broadcast on Premiere via pay-per-view.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.