Pedro Raul frustrated after Flamengo v Ceará draw: "If we'd been sharper..." | OneFootball

What did Pedro Raul, scorer of Ceará's goal against Flamengo, say?

Flamengo initially took the lead with Arrascaeta, but in the second half, Pedro Raul equalized the match for Ceará. After the clash this Sunday (03), the striker from the Ceará team lamented the result and said that the club lacked precision to achieve a comeback against the Rubro-Negro at Arena Castelão.

— What he (the coach) told us is to have resilience. In the last game, we also started behind and then managed to turn it around. I think that during the second half, if we had been a bit more precise, we could have turned the game around. We played an excellent game, against the best squad in the country, which has great players. We fought, that's it. We've had a tough sequence, and now Palmeiras is coming –, said Pedro Raul as he left the field.

HOW WAS THE MATCH BETWEEN FLAMENGO AND CEARÁ IN THE BRASILEIRÃO?

Flamengo went full strength into the duel and managed to impose their game in the first half. Thus, at 36 minutes, Léo Ortiz started a beautiful play, finding Plata inside the area. Subsequently, the Ecuadorian headed it to Arrascaeta, who, with his left foot, shot with no chance into the right corner of Ceará's goalkeeper.

In the second half, Flamengo couldn't maintain the same level and ended up under pressure from Ceará. At 26', Mugni took a corner and found Pedro Raul inside the area. The striker headed it in, marking the final score of the match held at Arena Castelão.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO'S SITUATION IN THE BRASILEIRÃO?

With the draw, Flamengo remained at the top of the Brasileirão, but with the same 37 points as Cruzeiro. The team's next commitment in the tournament will be against Mirassol, on Saturday (09), at 6:30 PM (Brasília time), at Maracanã. However, before that, Mengão returns to the field, this time for the Copa do Brasil.

WHAT IS FLAMENGO'S NEXT GAME?

Flamengo faces Atlético-MG on Wednesday (06), for the return leg of the round of 16 of the Copa do Brasil. In short, the match starts at 7 PM (Brasília time), at Arena MRV. As they lost 1-0 in the first leg, Rubro-Negro needs two or more goals to advance to the quarter-finals. Finally, Coluna do Fla TV, as usual, will show everything that will happen in the match, on YouTube.

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