Flamengo dominated the entire 90 minutes against Corinthians in Itaquera, thrashing the home team 3-0 on Friday night. In a brilliant performance, Lucas Paquetá scored twice and Renê sealed the victory. After the match, coach Dorival Júnior, who completed his second game in charge of the team, gave a press conference and highlighted the team's improved attitude.

“There can be no complacency; we can't think we'll repeat this result every time. The level of performance, the demands, will exist, but we have to perform at this level or higher if we want to succeed, if we want to be a threat. What will be developed and demanded throughout the week is what will determine the level of performance next weekend. Our second half against Bahia was also very strong. Few teams manage to play well at Fonte Nova, and we did. It's the second game in which we haven't conceded a goal. Collectively, the team has started to wake up a bit more. We have 10 very difficult games ahead.”

Dorival also spoke about Lucas Paquetá's performance, which was decisive tonight in Itaquera.

“The championship is very competitive in all sectors. We will have to maintain the attitude we showed today, which we started against Bahia. We played a very aggressive game. Paquetá is a different kind of player, he's a young man with a good head on his shoulders, he's solid in his actions. It's natural that his performance fluctuates depending on the number of games and everything that has happened in his life in the last four months. Certainly, he needs to be prepared to handle all of that. I hope he doesn't lose his humility and his desire to improve. He's an essential piece for Flamengo to achieve good results.”

In conclusion, the coach highlighted the change in attitude of the players that allowed them to achieve positive results again.

"It's no use having strategy and tactics if there isn't dedication and commitment from the players. If there hadn't been dedication and a change in behavior, we wouldn't have moved forward. I think this situation, which was provoked, accepted, and assimilated by the players, allowed us to achieve this very important result at this point in the competition."

The Most Beloved returns to the field against Fluminense next Saturday (13), at 17 pm, at Maracanã, for the 29th round of the Brazilian Championship.