The day after their elimination from the Copa Libertadores, captain Fábio Luciano, who did not participate in the match, demanded a quick reaction from the Flamengo squad. The defender said that yesterday's defeat will serve as an example.

"We've been through situations like this before, and others will come. The important thing is to have the strength to react quickly. We weren't going through a bad phase. We had good results ten months ago. Suffering is natural, but we'll turn things around. We have to learn and mature from all of this. We'll find joy again so we can win again."

According to the player, there was no exaggeration in the celebration of the state title. Fábio reaffirmed that the squad was 100% focused on the match.

"We celebrated on Sunday because it was necessary, but we focused on Monday, trained, went back into concentration, and couldn't get the victory. Now, various reasons for the elimination will emerge, but we know that's how football is. We are sad, everyone feels very bad, without understanding what happened, and we will have to rebuild everything again. It's a new life that begins. And hopefully, it will be like it was before the match against América of Mexico."

The captain lamented his absence from the decisive match and said it would have been a risk to take the field.

"It wasn't my absence that made the team lose. That's even a compliment to me, but we have 30 players in the squad and everyone can play. It would be a mistake for me to expose the team by playing with pain. Whoever is here is here to play. For a game like yesterday's, you needed to be 100%, and I wasn't because I felt pain against Botafogo. I made a mistake training on Tuesday, I had treatment to get better, but there was no way I could play."