Fluminense’s performance against Flamengo was historic, not to be forgotten – 04/11/2023 – Tostão

In the previous column, I wrote that, in Real Madrid’s 4-0 victory over Barcelona, ​​the mind-body connections between Vinicius Junior, Benzema and Modric were celebrations of the art, beauty and efficiency of playing football. The mind speaks for the body. The same happened with Fluminense, in the 4 x 1 defeat of Flamengo.

While most teams in the world use a positional strategy with two players close to the wings to increase the distance covered by defenders from one side to the other, Fluminense moves Arias from the right to the center and Marcelo from the left to the middle, in order to have superiority. numerical, exchange passes and involve the opponent.

As Flamengo plays with three defenders and two wingers, it leaves only two players in the middle, in the center, which made it easier for the many Fluminense players to exchange passes towards the goal.

Fluminense was brilliant for the special way of playing and for the many individual talents. Fernando Diniz, with the first title won in his career, gains more prestige. From now on he will be less criticized in defeats. But he did not become a genius, as they say. Less less. All professionals must be evaluated by the average of their performances after medium or long term.

Flamengo is already behind Jorge Jesus. Hiring him could be beneficial for increasing the number of victories and even defeats, because, definitely, there would be an exorcism of the ghost Jorge Jesus, who has afflicted the team for years.

If Flamengo had won the championship, the comments would already be ready: that Vitor Pereira was right to save players even in the defeat by Libertadores and that Fernando Diniz was wrong to include all the starters a day before.

Palmeiras, on the other hand, acted correctly by placing all the reserves in the very high altitude of Bolivia, since there would be a great chance of defeat even with all the starters.

Palmeiras continues to win titles. The team, which is already collectively the strongest in Brazil and which individually has the best starting lineup, is on the way to also having the most talented squad, due to its serious and efficient management, on and off the pitch. Palmeiras doesn’t throw money away on signings, invests a lot in the base categories and increasingly forms great players. Abel knows the right time to put young people on the field.

Atlético-MG lives a paradoxical, crazy confusion. While celebrating the state title and qualifying for the Libertadores group stage, it is experiencing great turmoil with Coudet’s criticism of the board. The coach’s complaints should be made to the club, not in press interviews. On the other hand, the coach’s complaints about signings are correct, since the current squad is lower than in previous years, when the Galo won great titles.

All state champions deserve applause. The cheer parties were beautiful and exciting. It is healthy to enjoy these moments. However, one cannot lose the critical sense. The state games no longer have the importance and technical level of other times. There is an exaggeration in the evaluations and praise for the teams, players and the quality of the matches. The football played in the country, on average, is far from the technical level seen in the main teams in the world.

On the other hand, the beauty and exciting performance of Fluminense against Flamengo is historic, never to be forgotten. Paraphrasing the great narrator Paulo Andrade, from ESPN, “which team is this?”.

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