The Brazilian Football Federation announced that the tournament could start on August 9 after meeting, virtually, with the leaders of the 20 entities that comprise it. Fluminense He is one of the great favorites to lift the title because of the names he has on the campus, but who, in large part, are over 30 years old.
The ‘Flu’ has experienced footballers as the main attack weapons. Goose, Nené and Fred are the leaders who hope to lead the team Odair Hellmann to his fifth trophy. The latter was asked at a press conference about his age and if it could have an impact on his game. In his answer he used a clear example.
“Odair was very successful with Guerrero and D’Alessandro, and are of the same profile. I think we have to make it clear, today with age we will not have the physical performance that we had with 20 years, but we can offer good results. Odair did not mention this example (Guerrero and D’Alessandro) to me, now talking to you, these two players came to mind and did very well at Inter playing together. Whatever Odair chooses, ask to do, it will be best for the group, “said Fred.
Odair Hellmann led Inter by Paolo Guerrero and Andrés D’Alessandro for two seasons, winning the 2019 Brazil Cup and fighting the Copa Libertadores.
Fluminense will not play at Maracana
Fluminense On Friday, he received the authorization not to play a Marathon in the Carioca Championship, after refusing to do so, considering it “disrespectful” to play a game a few meters from a field hospital that treats cases of Covid-19.
The Federation of Soccer of the state of Rio de Janeiro (Ferj) authorized that the match between Fluminense and Volta Redonda next Sunday be played at the Olympic stadium Nilton Santos, at the request of the tricolor club.
Despite being behind closed doors, Fluminense announced that it will symbolically place tickets for sale, at 4 reais ($ 0.7) for members and 9 reais ($ 1.6) for non-members and that it will allocate the proceeds to the Oswaldo Foundation Cruz (Fiocruz), a reference in the development of health research in Brazil.
Brazil It is the second country most affected by the new coronavirus, behind the United States, with 1.2 million cases and about 55,000 deaths. And Rio de Janeiro is the second state hardest hit by the pandemic, with some 9,500 deaths.
