Tite praises Flamengo, compares them to Palmeiras and Cruzeiro | OneFootball

Tite was with Flamengo between 2023 and 2024

Flamengo was the champion of the Brazilian Championship and, this Monday (08), the Bola de Prata award ceremony by ESPN Brazil took place. Thus, coach Tite, who was part of the red-black team, opened up and even made comparisons with Palmeiras and Cruzeiro.

— Flamengo is an extraordinary club and is experiencing a great moment. Flamengo is experiencing a great moment. Palmeiras, in the same way, is a great club experiencing a great moment. If we look at these two clubs in recent years, this year we also have Cruzeiro coming up —, Tite began.

— Football is not just on the field. It's a whole idea of football, it's all about planning. They are sequences of work, but surely today, Flamengo and Palmeiras are at a very commendable level —, concluded the former red-black coach, this Monday (08).

HOW WERE THE TEAMS' SEASONS?

Flamengo had a positive season. First, the red-black team won the Supercopa do Brasil and then the Campeonato Carioca. Finally, the Most Beloved also lifted the trophies of the Copa Libertadores and the Brasileirão.

While it was a year of titles for Flamengo, it was a year of second places for Palmeiras. This is because the team from São Paulo finished second in the Campeonato Paulista to Corinthians, in addition to losing the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian Championship to Flamengo.

Finally, Cruzeiro has not won any titles so far this season, as they were eliminated early in the Campeonato Mineiro and finished third in the Brasileirão. However, the team from Belo Horizonte is still alive in the Copa do Brasil, where they face Corinthians in the semifinals.

CAN FLAMENGO STILL BE CHAMPION IN 2025?

Flamengo can still win another title in the current 2025 season. This is because the red-black team is competing in the Intercontinental Cup. Mengo will face Cruz Azul (MEX) this Wednesday (10), at 2 PM (Brasília time), in the quarterfinals.

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