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Youth academy players will travel with Flamengo’s delegation for preseason training camp in Portugal

Flamengo’s squad is on vacation until June 19. In the meantime, during the club’s preseason training camp in Portugal, during the World Cup break, Leonardo Jardim will round out the red-and-black squad with youth academy players.

In short, with nine players absent from the squad due to World Cup call-ups, Leonardo Jardim will call up youngsters from Flamengo’s youth academy to complete the first-team training sessions in Portugal. On Portuguese soil, Fla will face three teams in friendly matches.

Recently, Leonardo Jardim even admitted that he keeps a special eye on the youth academy at Flamengo and at the clubs where he has worked. The Portuguese coach considers paying attention to young players to be a ‘trademark’ of his career.

— As a coach, I’ve always had this hallmark in my career, which is paying attention to youth academy players. Here, with games every three days, we weren’t able to give them attention in terms of playing time, but we did in terms of analyzing what they did with the U-20s -, he said.

What now?

Now, some youth academy players will get the chance to train with Flamengo’s professional squad. It is worth noting that the red-and-black delegation leaves for Portugal on June 28. On Portuguese soil, the Most Beloved will face Falkirk (SCO), Birmingham (ENG), and Benfica (POR).

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