The Brazilian Championship's top scorer with ten goals, striker Adriano is one of Flamengo's assets for Sunday's match against Grêmio in Porto Alegre. Rested from yesterday's match against Fluminense, the Gávea number 10 said he did a very good job preparing for the game and is almost at his ideal weight.

"I said it would take a while, especially since I was overweight. But I knew I could help. Today I can say I'm doing very well. In the game against Fluminense, I asked not to play and did a very good job in two periods."

Even though he believes it will be a very difficult match, Adriano stated that Flamengo will go to Porto Alegre looking for a victory.

"It will be an important and difficult match. We know it's always very difficult to play there, because they play very defensively. I was even talking to Andrade, and we agreed that they should add an extra player to mark me. This will open up spaces for our team, which will allow them to work the ball. Today the team is more focused and focused. Proof of this is that we haven't conceded any goals in the last two games. We're improving all the time."