Knowing your limits, pushing for your teammates, and controlling your excitement: this is the Flamengo players' recipe for the club's surge in the Brazilian Championship. In an interview with the program "Bem, Amigos" on Monday night, defender Alvaro, who is considered a key player in the red-and-black team, after all, his arrival has improved the defense after Fabio Luciano's departure, explained the group's unity in this campaign that could culminate in Flamengo's sixth Brazilian title.

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For Alvaro, the key to this run is humility. The player believes that once the entire group united around the goal of reaching the top four, then remaining there, and now in the title race, it became easier to strive to achieve these goals. After all, the squad boasts a wealth of quality, and together, they can achieve a lot in this final stretch of the 4 Brasileirão.

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"The main factor in Flamengo's rise is humility. High-quality players like Pet, Zé Roberto, Adriano... Everyone was willing to come back and score when they lost the ball. And the group became stronger when everyone realized they had to mark together, attack as a unit... That's the face of Flamengo today," he explained.

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The team's on-field posture also changed with the arrival of Alvaro and Maldonado, and coach Andrade. For the defender, the team took on a winning identity, a team that, at home and away, puts pressure on its opponents and asserts its quality and style of play.

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"Today we are a team that doesn't give space, we concede few goals and this gives us a strong and winning identity," he said.

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The defender also highlighted the red-and-black team's excellent physical condition. Citing examples of Petkovic, who at 37 is flying on the field, and Zé Roberto, who has significantly improved his performance from the first half of the year to the present, Alvaro praised the Gávea team's preparation and assured that the team is ready for the final three games of the Brazilian Championship.

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"The team is doing very well. The more experienced players, like Pet, are in very good physical condition, coming forward to attack, to move, like Zé Roberto today, without moving, dropping to the sides of the field and creating plays for Adriano. The team reached this final stretch in very good condition."