After two consecutive victories, against Nacional-URU and Cabofriense, coach Joel Santana believes that the red-black team has found balance on the field.

- "The team is very balanced on the field. We're scoring goals and behaving well at the back. Proof of this is that Bruno hasn't been working much in recent games. The full-backs are doing well as always, Souza is scoring again, and Marcinho has improved with each game. We're on the right track."

For tomorrow's game against Friburguense at Maracanã, Joel believes in another good performance from the red-black team, even though he thinks the game will be quite complicated.

- "The game tomorrow will be very difficult. In the two games they played against the big teams, they did very well. We have to be careful and work the ball well to get another victory, which would bring peace of mind for the rest of the competition."

Joel confirmed Flamengo for tomorrow with: Bruno, Léo Moura, Fábio Luciano, Ronaldo Angelim and Juan; Cristian, Ibson, Toró and Renato Augusto; Marcinho and Souza

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