After training on Tuesday (28), number 10 Ederson spoke to journalists in the press room at CT George Helal, in Vargem Grande. Among several topics, the athlete spoke about the opportunities he has been having in the starting team, about the return of captain Juan to training with the group and about the next commitment of Mais Querido, against Internacional.

I've been focused and focused ever since I arrived here. My goal is to help the team. I've been training well, and the coach has noticed. Those who train well are being picked in the starting eleven. Every chance I get, I'll do my best to help the team.

Both when I was in France and when I was in Italy, I played this role often, playing on the left side of the attack and making plays through the middle as a surprise man. There, I can help the team defensively, covering the full-back, as I did against Fluminense, and in the attack, as we have many quality players who provide options for positional changes during the match, confusing the opposing defense.

I feel great, thanks to the work we've done since the beginning of the year. We haven't encountered any further problems. I'm very grateful to the entire coaching staff and the work being done at Flamengo's Performance Excellence Center. This is a huge positive for our team, as we've had very few injuries so far, despite all the traveling and the tough series of games. I'm fully capable of playing the full 90 minutes at this point.

I've been talking to him a lot. He's our captain, someone who's always there, always encouraging his teammates. We're very happy to see him back. We hope he can travel with the group as soon as possible, as his leadership and experience are very important to all of us.

Inter is an excellent team, with a lot of young players and a fast pace. We tried to analyze their team's weaknesses carefully and worked on them in today's training session. Zé Ricardo is an excellent coach. He prepares us very well for games and always provides a wealth of information about our opponents. I hope we can take advantage of this.