Filipe Luís backs Flamengo playing out despite Léo Pereira error | OneFootball

Léo Pereira made an error that ended in a goal by Cuello

One of the main characteristics of Filipe Luís's Flamengo is playing out from the back, starting with goalkeeper Rossi. However, this Thursday (31st), it went wrong. Léo Pereira made a passing mistake inside the box, Cuello took advantage of the slip and secured a 1-0 win for Atlético-MG at Maracanã, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil. The red-black coach made a point of defending the team's style of play.

— First of all, matches against Cuca's teams are never easy. They're always like this. Mostly because of the individual matchups and marking. Many times, the players can't handle it, end up forcing the play, and this leads to counterattacks, a back-and-forth game that doesn't suit us. The first half was a bit like that. We couldn't find as many advantages in our game plan, for which I take my share of the blame. Even so, we had some chances. I dare say even more than in the previous game, even though it was worse. Today's game was worse than usual in the defensive phase. We need to fix and improve that for the second leg. Everything is still open. In the second half, we improved a lot, managed to create chances, and broke down their defense a bit to get into the box -, and he added:

— I haven't seen the whole play yet, but I know how Atlético was pressing and what the solutions were. This way of playing out from the back has brought us so much success, we've played out in several different ways against various kinds of pressure, and today was the first mistake that resulted in a goal. I ask my players to do this, to play out from the back. I know the risk involved, and today, unfortunately, it happened. I don't want them to stop trying to play out, because I believe in football this way, that's my idea. In this attempt to play out under pressure, it was a pass that Léo didn't expect a player to be there, which was Cuello. As I said, the responsibility is mine. It's a way out from the back that I ask for and train. Sometimes the risk is there -, concluded Filipe Luís.

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PLAY?

At 20 minutes into the second half, Rossi passed to Léo Pereira. However, the number 4 chose to keep the ball close to the goal, even with Atlético-MG's high pressing. The defender tried to pass to Léo Ortiz, but the ball was short and Cuello stole it to score the only goal of the match.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR FLAMENGO IN THE COPA DO BRASIL?

With the 1-0 defeat, Flamengo needs to win by two goals at Arena MRV next Wednesday (6th) to advance to the quarterfinals of the Copa do Brasil. Before that, however, Mengo faces Ceará at Castelão for the Brasileirão. The match will take place at 6:30 p.m. (Brasília time) on Sunday (3rd).

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