In this 1-0 victory against the cowardly Botafogo, Rubro-Negro had more luck than sense
In injury time, the cowardice of Botafogo, who considered the 0-0 draw against Flamengo a pot of gold, saw their goalkeeper fail to clear the ball into the area. Thus he allowed Léo Pereira, with a header, to make it 1 – 0. Rubro-Negro had more luck than sense.
It seems, frankly, that the stupidity fueled in recent days by the fans, the press and the cylinders themselves – “Guanabara and State Cups are not worth it” – has infected the players. They consider the California tour more important than the regional tours. Flamengo is a slow, inattentive, uninspired team that sticks to the plan. With the exception of Gérson, who took it seriously, the match against Botafogo was a friendly match on a summer night. Indeed, Bruno Henrique also showed seriousness. But now the doubt that seemed inevitable finally arises: how long will Tite last in office? After giving up the third championship to Fluminense?
Flamengo irritates the fans
The highlight of the first half was the irritation of the Flamengo fans. The team showed all kinds of difficulties, in releasing the ball, in articulating the center and in continuing the attacks, which were extinguished without bothering the opponent. As if that wasn’t enough, the team still had defensive problems. After all, if there was a chance, it was Botafogo’s, who remained cautious until he realized that his rival was not scary. In doing so, he managed to end up dangerous at least once, with Tiquinho Soares, due to a good intervention by Rossi. Nicolas de La Cruz did not find the correct position. And Alvinegro sometimes gave the impression that the 0-0, all things considered, was a satisfactory result. At half-time Tite replaced Varela with Wesley, without making the intention of the change clear.
the fearsome Botafogo
Flamengo returned to the final phase without seeing the color of the ball, and the 0-0 continued because Botafogo also did not show much audacity, waiting too long for a fatal error, and so nothing happened, apart from the impatience on the part of both fans. From then on, other substitutions, all in the desire to speed up the game, which from the start seemed already over. If Flamengo got almost everything wrong, Botafogo was content, with the players collapsing on the pitch, waiting for the final whistle, until the ball went up into the area, crossed by Ayrton Lucas, and Léo Pereira took advantage of Gatito’s ridiculous mistake Fernandez and scores 1 to 0. Botafogo too, I tell you…
And here we are again at the burning question. What is Flamengo’s project to carry forward throughout the damned Copa América – from 20 June to 14 July in the lands of Uncle Sam – which will involve a handful of players, Brazilians and foreigners, throughout the Brazilian Championship, in the Copa do Brasil and in the Libertadores, and which could determine the total failure of Rubro-Negro in 2024?
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Source: Terra
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