Coluna do Fla
·15 de março de 2026
Leonardo Jardim: "I don’t admire sterile possession" at Flamengo

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·15 de março de 2026

Leonardo Jardim gave a press conference this Saturday (14) after Flamengo's 3-0 victory over Botafogo. The coach, therefore, took the opportunity to explain what kind of playing style he intends to adopt at Mais Querido.
— I am not a coach who admires sterile possession. I believe that possession has a purpose: to create space or superiority over the opponent. When the opponent presses less, we have more possession. When they press more, they leave spaces that we are going to exploit, he said, before concluding:
— It is important to associate a collective game to create difficulties for the opponent. We are working on offensive ideas of winning the ball and always looking for the forward pass, more passes between the lines, and fewer passes to the sides and backwards, he said.
The Flamengo squad returned to training this Sunday (15) after the victory over Botafogo. However, the players will have a day off this Monday (16) and will return to training on Tuesday (17), Wednesday (18), and Thursday (19) before the match against Remo.
The match between Flamengo and Remo is scheduled for Thursday (19), at Maracanã, for the seventh round of the Campeonato Brasileiro. The match will take place starting at 8 p.m. (Brasília time), with broadcast on Premiere, pay-per-view.
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.
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