Emerson Royal on Flamengo fans: “I’m not a robot” | OneFootball

What happened to Emerson Royal in the Flamengo x Internacional match?

Right-back Emerson Royal was the target of criticism from fans in Flamengo's 1-0 victory over Internacional at Maracanã. After the clash, the number 22 understood some of the complaints, but stressed that he played the entire first half in pain due to a sprained left ankle.

— I'm a player with some experience, this is normal. The fans have the right. If I couldn't perform at my 100% level, they have the right to demand. I believe it was at the beginning of the game, I had a sprain and it ended up conditioning my game a bit. I couldn't sprint, jump, change direction. This complicated things a bit for me —, he said, before concluding:

— As I said, the fans have the right, this doesn't change anything in my confidence. I understand their side. They will understand my side too because I'm not a robot. I tried my best to stay on the field to help Flamengo. If in any way I harmed, I apologize. But on the field I was just there to help Flamengo —, concluded Emerson Royal.

WHAT HAPPENED TO EMERSON ROYAL IN THE FLAMENGO VS INTERNACIONAL MATCH?

Emerson Royal started as a starter for Flamengo in the match against Internacional. In the early minutes, the full-back suffered a sprained ankle. It's important to note that even with the pain in the area, the player stayed on the field and was only substituted at halftime, when Varela came in.

HOW WAS THE FLAMENGO VS INTERNACIONAL MATCH?

Still with Emerson Royal on the field, Flamengo opened the scoring at Maracanã, with Bruno Henrique. At the 27th minute of the first half, the striker took advantage of the corner kicked by Luiz Araújo and, with a header, scored the winning goal for Mengão over Internacional. Thus, Rubro-Negro has the advantage of being able to draw any result next Wednesday (20), in Porto Alegre, and advance to the quarterfinals of the Libertadores.

WHAT IS THE NEXT FLAMENGO MATCH?

Before the Libertadores clash, Flamengo and Internacional face each other again, this time, for the Brasileirão. On Sunday (17), the teams take the field at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), at Beira Rio. In short, Coluna do Fla TV shows the details of the clash, on YouTube.

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