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What did Savarino say after Flamengo vs. Fluminense in the Brasileirão?

Flamengo won the derby against Fluminense 2-1 last Sunday (12), in the 11th round of the Brasileirão. After the match, Savarino reflected on the team’s performance from Laranjeiras and said that playing against the Rubro-Negro is always very difficult.

— In the first half, we didn’t have much of the ball. I think our team has that characteristic. When we don’t have the ball, we suffer a lot. But that’s how it is, it’s a difficult game, against Flamengo, it has always been like that. In the second half, we had more of the ball, we had chances to equalize, but we couldn’t get there -, Savarino said in a post-match interview.

HOW DID FLAMENGO VS. FLUMINENSE GO IN THE BRASILEIRÃO?

From the start of the derby, Flamengo were superior to Fluminense. After pressing the rival’s build-up, Pedro took advantage of Fábio being off his line and opened the scoring for Mengão.

In the second half, Pedro scored again after receiving an outside-of-the-foot pass from forward Samuel Lino. On that play, Mengão’s number 9 bulged the net with his chest. Finally, when Savarino came on, Fluminense started to grow into the game and pulled one back through the Venezuelan. In the end, the derby finished 2-1 for the Rubro-Negro.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO’S SITUATION IN THE BRASILEIRÃO?

With the win over Fluminense, Flamengo moved up to second place in the Brasileirão with 20 points, cutting the gap to Palmeiras to six. Now, the Rubro-Negro squad turns its focus to the Libertadores clash.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO’S NEXT MATCH?

On Thursday (16), Flamengo face Independiente Medellín (COL) in the second round of the Libertadores group stage. Kickoff is at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) at the Maracanã. As usual, Coluna do Fla TV will cover all the details of the match on YouTube, as well as on the website and social media.

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