Sampaoli exposes ‘problem’ at Flamengo and dreams of evolution

Jorge Sampaoli still not satisfied with the football presented by Flamengo. After 15 days under the command of the team from Rio de Janeiro, the Argentine has seen some progress, but still believes he has a lot to improve. The coach valued the effort that his players are making to understand the new game model, but made a point of warning that he is not happy with the results.

The Flamengo coach understands that the team still needs to evolve in a number of aspects. He returned to using the word forcefulness to define the real problems of the team and pointed out that the rivals only found a goal due to a “sporadic play”. Even with the recognition that the team was the protagonist against Racing, in a press conference, he pointed out that there is a long way to reach what he sees as ideal for his squad.

“We’ve been here for 15 days, we need to work a lot. If the problems didn’t happen, I wouldn’t be here. We have to improve the processes. The team was better during the match, should have won the game. In a sporadic move, they scored. Afterwards, we continued as protagonists. We will work to minimize these aspects of defensive strength and improve attacking volume.“, he stated.

“The path to progress, in my gaming culture, is the game itself. The team has to play better, has to have more volume and has to attack better. It’s a process. I value the intention of changing the process. The team throughout the game was the protagonist, it was superior to the rival in development. You have to improve your strength… You have to improve in your own area and in your opponent’s area“, completed the coach about what Flamengo needs to do to evolve.

In second place in group A, Flamengo is only behind Racing and has won four points so far. The team lost in their debut to Aucas, then beat Ñublense and drew with the Argentines last Thursday, the 4th.