Diniz on Flamengo’s 6-1 win: Tried to spare Vasco another ‘tragedy’ | OneFootball

Flamengo defeated Vasco 1-0, but Léo Jardim's inspired night prevented a bigger score

Flamengo defeated Vasco 1-0, dominating the classic match this Wednesday (21). Despite the loss, Fernando Diniz, the coach of the Vasco team, justified the result due to the expulsion and highlighted that the team tried to maintain the strategy even at a disadvantage.

— I disagree that, in the second half, it was the way you said. I think that in the first half, Flamengo was superior. The sample is very short, but I don't think Flamengo came back superior to us. We took the five minutes of the game to watch, and you'll see that it wasn't what you're saying. After the expulsion, the team most trained to defend in the way I set up was the one that, as long as the player could handle it, was the team I would keep, trying to sustain the 0-0, and I don't think we had managed -, he began.

— The way Flamengo was positioned, playing with a 0-0 stance for us to escape on the counterattack, made us have to lower the line a lot. So, counterattacking is difficult for us to have. Then, a little before the technical break, Flamengo scored. It was a change I was already going to make, waiting for the technical break, and I kept the structure because if we were to advance with one player less, then we would indeed be at risk of conceding more goals. It ended with a 1-0 score -, he continued.

REMEMBERED THE 6-1?

Fernando Diniz also stated that he adjusted the team and made substitutions whenever necessary. Vasco was left with one player less at four minutes, with the expulsion of Cauan Barros, and Diniz recalled the 6-1 thrashing by Flamengo in 2024.

— The strategy was to try, and as we managed a few times to break through with possession, to go out and position ourselves in the attack field to finish with another play and try to score our equalizing goal. That was the strategy. As for the substitutions, I substituted when I thought it was necessary. There's no point in wanting to go out and make changes in a wrong way, as it was in the 6-1; we have to have criteria, responsibility, and know what's happening in the game. Our chance of winning decreased when we had the expulsion -, he stated.

DID YOU WATCH THE GAME, DINIZ?

Flamengo defeated Vasco 1-0 and dominated the rival on the field. Despite the intensity and the cohesion of the red-black team, the score wasn't higher because the Vasco goalkeeper Léo Jardim made inspired saves.

Throughout the match, Mengão made 32 attempts, hitting the target 10 times. Meanwhile, Diniz's team managed only one attempt and did not pose a threat to Rossi's goal.

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