Zico projects Flamengo’s match against Racing (ARG)

The greatest idol in the history of Fla, Galinho doesn’t want the team to repeat the scare they had in the quarter-finals, against Estudiantes (ARG).

Libertadores champion with Flamengo in 1981, the eternal idol Zico spoke about the important duel this Wednesday (22/10), against Racing (ARG), in the match that opens the Libertadores semi-final. Galinho, moreover, revealed that he would prefer the knockout match to be at home and stated that Flamengo should give their all and look for a good lead.

Zico, in an interview published by “Lance” this Tuesday (21/10), on the eve of the match, winning with a good margin at home in the first leg, places the responsibility on his opponent.

“I’ve always preferred this: playing the first game at home. And when you get the result at home, you transfer the responsibility to someone else, and it’s bigger, right? You have the obligation to win and score a lot of goals. The problem that happened against Estudiantes was this. The moment you had to stick the knife and turn around, to score, three, four, it wasn’t done. At home, that’s what it’s for. When you have a chance, in the game, absolute domination, and you reject this, with a few more touches and things like that, it complicates things,” Galinho said.

Zico follows, who plays with a phrase from Carlos Froner, former Flamengo coach.

“Froner (coach Carlos Froner) used to say, ‘When you put the knife in, put it in and twist it. If you put it in and take it out, he might get the gun and kill you’ (laughs),” he joked.

Flamengo’s idol praises the team

He, moreover, was referring to the match against Estudiantes (ARG), an opponent that Flamengo eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Libertadores. On that occasion Rubro-Negro also played the first leg at home, taking a 2-0 lead before the 10th minute. However, what looked like the start of a rout ended in a narrow 2-1 victory, with the Argentinians almost seeking an equalizer in stoppage time.

Thus, after losing 1-0 in the second round, Flamengo needed penalties to advance to the stage. For Zico, Flamengo has the squad to avoid having to suffer.

“Flamengo made the squad for this, with the players they brought. Flamengo has a squad like few others. It’s logical that you have to aspire to this, to arrive and fight for titles. We’ve seen many teams out there, great ones, who haven’t made it, but it’s knowing that you are the reference, that you are the ball of the moment; that if a boy arrives there with a knife between his teeth, you arrive with two”, he concluded.

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Source: Terra

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