Dorival Júnior got revenge on Flamengo’s top hats

In a technically mediocre final match, the São Paulo won the title of champion of the Brazil’s Cup.

Counting on great players on an individual level, but without any collective organization and, above all, with tactical alternatives to reverse the advantage acquired by the opponent in the first game, the Flamengo The count opened in Morumbi and that was it.

He didn’t threaten anymore and even received a great goal from Nestor, who shot from medium distance, equalizing for São Paulo.

Coach Dorival Júnior got back at Flamengo’s bosses who, inexplicably, dismissed him after winning titles in the same Copa do Brasil and Libertadores da América.

It is said that he was removed from his position at the request of manager Marcos Braz, who was biting a fan in the groin in the middle of the week. The top-hatted stuntman and councilman in Rio de Janeiro would not have approved the game system adopted by Dorival Júnior in the decisive game with the Athleticoin Guayaquil.

The São Paulo team needed a better performance, looking tired and at their emotional limit. Even players categorized as Lucas Moura and Calleri, for example, performed much less than expected.

But, thinking about it, this is the current reality of Brazilian football with a generation of players inferior to that of our glorious past, so much so that the leader of the Brasileirão, Botafogo, accumulated the third consecutive defeat, but still maintains a considerable distance from its main pursuers .

All this without mentioning the terrible referees and the regrettable operation of the VAR, which has changed the result of several games.

Anyway, save São Paulo on the podium again and Flamengo will have to lick its wounds in a year to be forgotten by its gigantic fans.