The technician of the Flamengothe former Brazilian full-back Filipe Luís, stated that he hopes to “learn more and more” as a coach, upon completing his first year on the bench, a period in which he already won his first major title with the team. Rio de Janeiro.
“I am very happy with how everything is going and I hope to be able to evolve more and more, learn more and more, to be a better coach every day,” said the former player of the Deportivo de La Coruña and Atlético de Madrid in an interview released this Sunday by the club.
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Flamengo announced a year ago Filipe Luis as coach of the under-17 team. Shortly after, he took charge of the U-20 squad and last September he took charge of the first team, after the dismissal of the former Brazilian coach. tite.
First he was on an interim basis and then signed a contract until the end of this year. In his first games in charge of the Rio team, he raised the Brazil Cup by imposing itself on Atlético Mineiro in the final.
“I’m not much for celebrating anniversaries, but a year ago I made the craziest decision of my life, which was to take this step as U-17 coach. But I was very clear about what I wanted, my career plan, and the club opened its doors,” he explained.
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He is also a former player of the Chelsea English announced that he was retiring as a player at the end of 2023, when he was playing precisely in the Flamengoand, in less than a year, he was already sitting on the bench of the Rio under-17 squad.
His meteoric rise made it possible for him, in the first team of the ‘Fla‘, directed those who until a few months ago had been his locker room companions, something that has made his job easier, as he declared.
“I know this locker room a lot and the players bought my idea. They know perfectly how I see football, what I want and what I expect from them,” he said.
He revealed that he is demanding on the field, but clarified that outside of it he has “a loving relationship” with his former colleagues. “But always putting the team above everything (…) Both they and I know that there is no one more important than the team,” he said.
