Flamengo falters in Libertadores, and Sampaoli detonates: “Two points lost”

the life of Flamengo at liberators not the nicest, and Jorge Sampaoli know this. Last Wednesday, the 24th, for example, the team had the victory in their hands, but let it slip away and left only with a 1-1 draw against Ñublese. Even so, the team is still in second place in group A, but sees Aucas and Chilean rivals touch in the fight for the second place for the round of 16.

The result away from home was not the best and made Flamengo end its participation in games as a visitor in this group stage of the Libertadores without victories. Accustomed to doing great campaigns at the start of the competition, Fla still haven’t hit the ground running in this edition of the tournament and, therefore, in the way the tie against Ñublense was, two points were on the way.

Two points were lost. We came to win the match and set the ranking faster. We are not well, because we did not take what we came for. Let’s keep working to evolve“, he stated.

“We need more intensity in attack, more verticality. I always say the same thing. We have little time, very close and consecutive games. We need to maintain the intensity in so many games, and it’s complicated. We didn’t have the same intensity as against Fluminense, because we got very tired“, he continued. In addition, Jorge Sampaoli revealed that Flamengo is experiencing physical problems, but he has not forgiven his athletes and has returned to saying that he expects much more from the squad.

“Yes, the team is having some physical problems in relation to what I think the team has to have in terms of intensity. It’s related to fatigue, a drop in performance, injury… It’s a process. I want much more. Sometimes the player tries and tries and tries and sometimes he succeeds and sometimes he doesn’t. The reality is that in this short time process, I want something else. But I insist on it and the truth is that the sequence of games is costing us a lot“, he completed.

In second place with just five points, Flamengo will have a decisive match ahead of them on June 8th. The date will mark the confrontation against Racing, which will be valid for the fifth round of the Libertadores group stage, and will be staged at Maracanã. The game will be extremely important for the future of the red-black in the tournament.

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