Silas wants the team to pay attention to both sides of the table
Coach also highlights the importance of winning the classic to boost the team's morale
By From the team at Flamengo's official website - inWhile Flamengo is close to the relegation zone, it's also not far from the top spots in the Brazilian Championship. Therefore, Flamengo coach Silas, who last week secured his first victory at the helm of the Gávea team, doesn't want the team to focus solely on avoiding relegation or only on the top four. He believes it's important to pay attention to the teams behind and those ahead.
\The coach knows it won't be long before Flamengo returns to the top spot, but the gap to the bottom of the table isn't ideal yet. Therefore, each match must be treated as a decisive one and always strive for three points, regardless of the opponent or the match venue.
\"For now, it's all about looking back and looking forward. We're three points off tenth place, but five off the relegation zone. The table in this last round favored us, but we need to improve. The important thing is the three points," he said.
\Aware that a classic, in addition to three points, can also give a group extra motivation, Silas remembers that he achieved a historic result against Internacional, when he was in charge of Grêmio, and knows that this type of result marks the history of a coach.
\"The derby marks a coach's career. Grêmio went 17 years without beating Internacional at Beira-Rio and we won. That leaves its mark, it goes down in history. This year, Flamengo turned a game they were losing 3-1 around to 5-3. Fans sometimes tolerate losing the championship, but not a derby. It's a game of the heart," he concluded.
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