Just because the duo failed to score doesn't mean the Empire of Love will cease to reign supreme at Flamengo. The Flamengo duo remains in high spirits with coach Andrade. The Flamengo manager praised Adriano and Vagner Love and expressed full confidence in both center forwards for the Copa Libertadores: "The Empire of Love hasn't collapsed, nor will it ever collapse."

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The Love Gunner also assured that the goals missed against Botafogo won't be repeated against Universidad Católica. Together, he and the Emperor have already scored 11 goals this season. Therefore, Love believes that the regime that has taken over Gávea since his arrival is not shaken in the slightest. The Flamengo's top scorer also highlighted the fact that Flamengo has the entire second half of the Campeonato Carioca ahead of them.

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"The Empire of Love is not shaken. We are sad, but not shaken. There are days when we don't get the result, but that's a closed chapter. We don't have to give answers. We have to work. We ended up losing a semifinal, but we can still recover in the second round," he said.

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Vagner Love still replays two plays from the match against Botafogo in his mind. They were two clear scoring opportunities that could have changed the course of the match. Despite this, the number 9 is only thinking about scoring again in the red-and-black team's Copa Libertadores debut.

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"It's a tough situation. I'm very hard on myself, and to this day I still can't understand why I didn't score the header and the one that went just wide of the post. But it happens. I hope to recover so I can get back to helping the team on Wednesday like I've been doing," he added.