Tite’s explanation for the fall of Flamengo against Palestino

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Wednesday May 7 will be marked as one of the most important days in the history of Palestine. The Arab team beat Flamengo 1-0 at the “Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso” Stadium and entered the fight to advance to the round of 16. The victory, due to context, rival and scenario, impacted the continent.

While in Chile the result was celebrated vigorously, in Brazil the questions did not take long to arrive, to the point that Tite, coach of the 2022 Libertadores champion, had to confront the criticism and explain what happened to his squad. great favorite to win the duel in the previous one.

In this way, the former coach of the Brazilian national team was honest and clarified that his team is far from its best version. Something that is undoubtedly justified seeing that in the last six official matches they have only been able to achieve one victory.

“There is a little word that is very important in football, and the result gives it to you, which is confidence. The level we had at a given moment dropped because confidence also dropped. There are the tactical, individual, technical and physical aspects. It is always a context. This aspect of trust makes you flow with things and we have to recover it,” the Mengao coach, who arrived at the Rio de Janeiro team in October 2023, began by explaining.

An honest reflection on his team’s performance, which he continued to explain in the press conference after the defeat. “It is a difficult time we are going through, we are aware of it. We are also aware of the need for a result. In football, there is sometimes a very short space between one match and the next to recover. In the same way that victories do not give you time to be happy, the ball also gives you the opportunity to reverse the process from the next game,” added the Brazilian strategist.

With this defeat, Mengao appears in third place in Group E of the Copa Libertadores with four points, leaving them out of the qualifying positions with two dates remaining. At the moment, Palestino is second with six points.