Say what?

Yesterday on a sports TV show, Bruno, our goalkeeper said that “The fans are certainly important, supporting up there, but sometimes hinders us a little” when he was asked about the pressure the players faced when they got into the field last Sunday and were welcomed b 90.000 fans expecting a victory and therefore the leading two rounds away from the end of the season.

If you read this you’ll probably get the wrong idea. What he meant is that the team must not get careless and try to not get too excited with the crowd.

I am one of these fans that before the match said Flamengo had great chances of becoming leaders, but we had be cautious, because on the recent seasons Flamengo show lack of decision power. Although I was very excited (and still am, as you can read on this link).

Bruno’s entire sentence was “I think that for a moment there was a little lack of concentration and luck. We had to be a little more patient. The work is being done very well by Andrade. We knew it would be difficult, Goiás has experienced players. And it was one of their best presentations this season”.

He also said that when the team gets to a crowded Maracanã, expecting a victory, there are some players that deal very well with the pressure and some others don’t handle it so greatly.

Although I’m not always a great fan of Bruno – because he tends to say stupid things and to fail on some matches – I have to admit he is doing a spectacular season and that this time he said the right words.

Fans must understand that the players are human beings and have emotions. Thankfully we didn’t lose the match and are only a point away from the leaders, but now it’s time to show that all we’ve done this year was a job done by a great team with decisive players.

Category: Brazilian Championship, Brazilian League, Fans, Flamengo Team News

Tags: Brazilian Championship, Brazilian League, bruno, Fans, Flamengo, Flamengo Team News, Supporters

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