Oswaldo sets his sights on Atlético-MG: "Now it's time to shake off the dust"
The coach speaks about the next opponent in the Brazilian Championship and affirms that Guerrero is in full playing condition.
By Communication - Official Club Website - in
After leading the Flamengo squad's training session on Friday afternoon (September 18.09th) at Brasiliense's training center, coach Oswaldo de Oliveira spoke to the press about Guerrero's return to the group, the defeat against Coritiba, and the next opponent in the Brasileirão, Atlético-MG. According to the coach, who said he was "very happy at Flamengo," the Peruvian striker is in excellent playing condition.
Check out the full press conference:
Guerrero
- If he's as active as he was today, he'll be in the game. He's calm, he's great. His movement on the field says it all. He's fully recovered and ready to play again.
Next challenge
- Atlético-MG is a very strong team; winning and losing in the Brazilian Championship is nothing new for anyone. We always have to be ready to seek victory, facing the difficulties that the opponent will bring us. Every game is different from the other. From the beginning of the championship until now, we are in different situations. But Atlético is a very strong team, which has a very competitive aspect playing in Belo Horizonte. We have to be very well prepared for that.
I work at the club
- It's impossible to make an assessment after only a month. We're just starting out, I'm getting to know everyone and everyone is getting to know me. What I can say is that I'm very happy here at Flamengo.
Ball forward
Of course, nobody's going to laugh when they lose; everyone's sad. But that's a lesson we have to learn. The result of this game can't hurt us for the next one. Now it's time to dust ourselves off and move on to the next opponent.
Factors for defeat
- The goal was extremely important (for Coritiba, which opened the scoring). São Paulo played aggressively against Flamengo, then Sport in Recife also came out strong. Avaí had a similar approach to Coritiba. It was a difficult game, but we overcame the obstacles, scored a goal in the first half, and won comfortably in the second half. Against Cruzeiro, it was also very similar to the games against Avaí and Coritiba. Against Coritiba, we couldn't replicate that. I believe that if the unfortunate penalty hadn't happened, our team would have reacted better.
Lucas Pratto
- He's a dangerous player, but we played against Pato at São Paulo, against Hernane at Sport... The job of all strikers is to score goals, and our job is to prevent them from doing so.
Check out the full press conference:
Guerrero
- If he's as active as he was today, he'll be in the game. He's calm, he's great. His movement on the field says it all. He's fully recovered and ready to play again.
Next challenge
- Atlético-MG is a very strong team; winning and losing in the Brazilian Championship is nothing new for anyone. We always have to be ready to seek victory, facing the difficulties that the opponent will bring us. Every game is different from the other. From the beginning of the championship until now, we are in different situations. But Atlético is a very strong team, which has a very competitive aspect playing in Belo Horizonte. We have to be very well prepared for that.
I work at the club
- It's impossible to make an assessment after only a month. We're just starting out, I'm getting to know everyone and everyone is getting to know me. What I can say is that I'm very happy here at Flamengo.
Ball forward
Of course, nobody's going to laugh when they lose; everyone's sad. But that's a lesson we have to learn. The result of this game can't hurt us for the next one. Now it's time to dust ourselves off and move on to the next opponent.
Factors for defeat
- The goal was extremely important (for Coritiba, which opened the scoring). São Paulo played aggressively against Flamengo, then Sport in Recife also came out strong. Avaí had a similar approach to Coritiba. It was a difficult game, but we overcame the obstacles, scored a goal in the first half, and won comfortably in the second half. Against Cruzeiro, it was also very similar to the games against Avaí and Coritiba. Against Coritiba, we couldn't replicate that. I believe that if the unfortunate penalty hadn't happened, our team would have reacted better.
Lucas Pratto
- He's a dangerous player, but we played against Pato at São Paulo, against Hernane at Sport... The job of all strikers is to score goals, and our job is to prevent them from doing so.