statements by the vice president of football after elimination in the World Cup contradict those of the president of Flamengo on the day of the Libertadores final

On October 28, 2022, hours before the Libertadores final in Guayaquil, Flamengo president Rodolfo Landim announced to ESPN reporter Pedro Ivo that he was satisfied with the work of coach Dorival Júnior.

And he reiterated the club’s interest in renewing his contract for 2023.

But last Thursday (9), his vice president for football told TV Globo reporter Eric Faria that the evaluation of the work of the coach who won the Copa do Brasil and Libertadores was decisive for the change of command 25 days after the last red-black conquest.

To be more exact, 25 days after Landim assured that Dorival’s permanence was not conditional on winning the final against Athlético-PR.

It is clear that the president and vice president were not in tune in their approach to the case.

After all, is it not clear why the board would have changed the assessment?

So far, what is well known is that Flamengo won its third Libertadores with eleven wins and a draw.

And the two coaches who managed the team in the campaign were dismissed almost on the grounds of incompetence.

I see no reason to complain about what Vítor Pereira has managed to do in his first 40 days at the club.

And I don’t think that the departure of Dorival Júnior should be associated with the arrival of the Portuguese.

However, this third place in the Club World Cup is, yes, directly related to the preposterous planning made by who knows.

Flamengo walked around the lawns of Tangier, playing below the rhythm, and this was due to the lack of time caused by the change in command.

And Landim should be asked to explain the reasons that made the board change its mind, and assume the board’s error in planning.

Because the World Cup turned out to be just right for Flamengo’s aspirations.

Home team eliminated, the Arab opponent coming from an extension, and Real Madrid, who ended up champion of the tournament, in a limping phase of ups and downs.

It is unbelievable that the richest club on the continent, with revenues in excess of one billion reais a year, is content with a meager campaign.

And because of a strategic mistake by the head of the department!

Or does anyone have doubts that the team was very close to being surpassed by Al Ahly, being last in the final quadrangular?

Once again, the red-black summit lacked someone with the knowledge to warn that, with or without Dorival, the preparation would have to start in December.

In other words: there was a lack of professionalism, bravado was left over.

I doubt that if the department had been handed over to a professional manager, these same top hats wouldn’t have fired him right there in Morocco…

SUBTITLES / CREDITS:

Photo 1: Rodolfo Landim speaks to ESPN on the day of the 2022 Libertadores final and guarantees interest in Dorival Júnior staying – Reproduction / ESPN

Photo 2: Marcos Braz speaks to Globo after being eliminated from the World Cup and says that after evaluating the coach’s work, the board decided to switch – Reproduction / GE.com

Photo 3: Right-back Varela was one of the few to play well in the first half of the 4-2 victory over Al Ahly, in Tangier – Press Release / Fifa.com