Flamengo defeated Goiás this Saturday 1-0 at the Maracana stadiuma soothing triumph that parks the crisis between the squad and the technical commission, and takes him away from the relegation places of the Brazilian Championship.
The group from Rio de Janeiro returned to add the three points after four days without knowing the victorythanks to a solitary goal from Brazilian striker Pedro in the first half.
In the second time it lowered of revolutions and sufferedalthough he managed to maintain the advantage on the scoreboard, despite the final push of the visiting team.
At the end of the match, the red and black fans, dissatisfied with the irregularity of the team in the League, charged against the board and asked for the return of the Portuguese coach, Jorge Jesuswith whom the club had the best season in its history in 2019.
The Flamengo bench is now occupied by another Portuguese, Paulo Sousa, who has generated a whole schism in the locker room due to some statements in which hinted at his mistrust of goalkeeper Diego Alvesone of the heavyweights in the squad, for his sudden recovery from injury.
The crisis reached such a point that this Saturday, after the game against Goiás, Sousa appeared at a press conference with Flamengo’s executive director of football, Bruno Spindel, and vice president of football, Marcos Braz, to try to resolve the matter.
The former Poland coach explained that “there was a communication failure” and, correcting himself, he said that Alves was still out and had not made himself available to play, coinciding with the injury and the bad moment of the first and second goalkeepers in the cast.
Braz stated that Sousa continues to have the support of the club: “He is a coach we believe in and we are with him.”
In another of the commitments this Saturday, Atlético Goianiense added its first victory after seven days by winning 2-0 over Coritiba, although it remains in the relegation zone.