"When Fla arrives, it's hard to stop him"
Bruno celebrates heroic qualification and says the team will seek the Libertadores title
By From the team at Flamengo's official website - in
Goalkeeper Bruno, since arriving at Flamengo, has always said he wanted to make history for the club. His record with the red-and-black jersey proves he's already doing so. He already has three state titles and a Brazilian Championship, a title the club hadn't won in 17 years. In Rio, for the first time in history, Flamengo has taken the hegemony and is the most successful team in the history of the State Championship. Now, all that's left is to reclaim the Americas.
A member of the group that was eliminated in the round of 2007 of the Libertadores in both 2008 and 17, Bruno didn't want to be left behind again. This year, against Corinthians, he wanted to advance. Just like Flamengo, who hadn't made it this far in the Libertadores in the same XNUMX years since winning a Brazilian championship.
"This whole round of 16 thing was stuck. It was time for it to end... Barriers are made to be overcome. They let us put our heads in, now we're putting our bodies in. Now it's a new championship. When Flamengo arrives, it's hard to stop them," he celebrated.
Accustomed to being a hero in penalty shootouts, Bruno also saved Flamengo from a set piece on Wednesday night. But this time, it was a free kick. It could have had a similar outcome to last year's Copa do Brasil, when the team was eliminated by Inter in the final minutes in a similar play. But Bruno avoided another setback.
"A movie of that game against Inter played in my head. Andrezinho scored that goal, and I also know that Chicão is a great taker. But I said to myself: 'Now it's all or nothing. If the ball goes over the wall, I'm going to save it.' Against Inter, it felt like I had a bag of cement on my back (laughs)," said the goalkeeper, who also joked that this save will go down in history as one of the best of his career.
"That save (of the foul) will be on my DVD (laughs). But it wasn't even the one I considered the most difficult. For me, it was the one from a shot by Roberto Carlos, where the ball bounced first and I had to stretch out completely," he added.
A member of the group that was eliminated in the round of 2007 of the Libertadores in both 2008 and 17, Bruno didn't want to be left behind again. This year, against Corinthians, he wanted to advance. Just like Flamengo, who hadn't made it this far in the Libertadores in the same XNUMX years since winning a Brazilian championship.
"This whole round of 16 thing was stuck. It was time for it to end... Barriers are made to be overcome. They let us put our heads in, now we're putting our bodies in. Now it's a new championship. When Flamengo arrives, it's hard to stop them," he celebrated.
Accustomed to being a hero in penalty shootouts, Bruno also saved Flamengo from a set piece on Wednesday night. But this time, it was a free kick. It could have had a similar outcome to last year's Copa do Brasil, when the team was eliminated by Inter in the final minutes in a similar play. But Bruno avoided another setback.
"A movie of that game against Inter played in my head. Andrezinho scored that goal, and I also know that Chicão is a great taker. But I said to myself: 'Now it's all or nothing. If the ball goes over the wall, I'm going to save it.' Against Inter, it felt like I had a bag of cement on my back (laughs)," said the goalkeeper, who also joked that this save will go down in history as one of the best of his career.
"That save (of the foul) will be on my DVD (laughs). But it wasn't even the one I considered the most difficult. For me, it was the one from a shot by Roberto Carlos, where the ball bounced first and I had to stretch out completely," he added.