Filipe Luís: I’ll do it my way, not like Jorge Jesus | OneFootball

Filipe Luís dismisses any comparison with Jorge Jesus

"I'm here to do it my way, to write my own story, with this DNA of Flamengo that I've learned and known since I was young." Thus, Filipe Luís summed up everything he knows about the Rubro-Negro. And the coach puts it into practice in leading the team, demanding grit and crushing the opponents. On Wednesday (20), the Mengão eliminated Internacional at Beira-Rio, by 2 to 0, and reached the quarterfinals of the Libertadores. Is a new Jorge Jesus emerging? 'Filipinho' doesn't even want to hear about the comparison.

— Well, first of all, I can never compare past teams to my team, they are completely different players. I can never, ever put myself on the same level as the coach who was there at that time, who was Jorge Jesus. If he's not the best in history, he's one of the best who have been here at Flamengo. I will never resemble him, I will never do anything similar to what he did. I will write my own story, what I'm here to do my way, my story, but yes with this DNA of Flamengo that I've learned and known since I was young —, said Filipe Luís.

— And that is to try to do this, crush the opponent as much as possible. I've said it many times, many times we won't be able to, many times we'll play poorly, many times we'll even play well and lose games, we'll play poorly and win. That's football, but the proposal, the game model is always to propose games, to be playing with the ball on the ground —, added the coach of Flamengo.

DID FLAMENGO WIN WITH ARTISTIC MERIT?

In Jorge Jesus' time, the coach used to say that he liked to win "with artistic merit". In other words, putting on a show against the opponents. If Flamengo didn't crush Internacional, at least it didn't let the opponent create. In fact, far from it. Agustín Rossi didn't make a save, and the Gauchos only threatened in the final moments, with a ball hitting Borré's post.

Who shook the net was Flamengo! With Arrascaeta and Pedro, the Most Beloved made it 2 to 0 and now faces Estudiantes (ARG), in the quarterfinals of the Libertadores. The matches take place in the last two weeks of September, with the first leg in Rio de Janeiro and the return leg away.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.