Luxa considers a draw a good result for Flamengo.
Flamengo's coach believes the point was valuable for the team in the Brazilian Championship.
By From the official website team - inIt is clear that Flamengo's objective in Wednesday's (October 27.10th) match at Engenhão was victory. But coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo did not leave the field upset with the draw against Corinthians at home. In his fifth game in charge of the red-and-black team, this was the third time the team drew. On the other two occasions, they won, totaling nine points out of 15 contested (60% success rate).
\The coach analyzed the match in a post-match press conference and explained that he liked what he saw in the second half. However, he regretted that the team did not start the game well.
\"There were two distinct halves. The first was very bad, with passing errors, a lack of creativity, and above all, I thought the team lacked desire. Because we were playing at home, we needed to have more desire. We drew the attention of the players and I made a few changes because our left side needed Marquinhos to help Juan, and that allowed Renato to play more freely," observed the coach, who also explained the reason for fielding the team with three forwards.
"You change according to what's presented in each game. I know the squad has several options. My idea was to push Corinthians back. I thought Corinthians would come out a bit more because of their need for a result, but they stayed back. That hurt our formation. That's why I changed. I brought on Marquinhos, moving Renato inside, and we started to have more possession of the ball," he said.
Luxa lamented the fact that Corinthians' goal came from a lapse in defense, stressed that the objective was to win three more points, but expressed satisfaction with the final result.
"We conceded a goal from a throw-in. But we have to stay calm. We can't make mistakes in a situation like that. It wasn't a bad result. It was a derby, we avoided defeat, and we have to keep working. We had two or three chances to win the game and we were close to getting the result. A draw, in a league format, is bad, but at the end of the championship you manage the table. For our situation, it was a good result. Of course, a victory would have been better, but a point against Corinthians isn't bad," he concluded.
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