Pedro Neto has admitted Flamengo confirmed extra “want” than Chelsea in Friday’s Membership World Cup defeat however insisted he would nonetheless moderately be enjoying on the event than mendacity on a seaside.
Neto scored his second objective in two matches however it was not sufficient to keep away from defeat as Bruno Henrique equalised earlier than Danilo gave the Brazilians the lead and Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson was despatched off in six minutes of second-half insanity at Lincoln Monetary Discipline.
Wallace Yan added a late third to make sure Flamengo prime Group D and depart Chelsea needing to beat Tunisian aspect Esperance Sportive de Tunis on Tuesday to succeed in the spherical of 16.
“What went unsuitable was the second half, to be trustworthy within the first half possibly they’d extra management of the ball however we might create the probabilities greater than them,” Neto stated.
“And once we went to the second half we tried to press a bit bit greater. We began properly within the second half however what made the distinction was a bit bit the need and so they had extra want than us to win the sport. And after the purple card as properly the sport was I feel completed.”
Requested if he would like to be on the Membership World Cup moderately than lie on the seaside, Neto replied: “one hundred pc certain. “We now have to be grateful. We’re right here enjoying this event. There can be quite a lot of gamers that may like to be in my place and within the different place. We now have to take pleasure in it.”
Defender Marc Cucurella stated the South American groups have a unique “momentum” on the event with Boca Juniors’ 2-1 defeat to Bayern Munich the primary time a Brazilian or Argentine aspect has misplaced in 10 video games for the reason that competitors started.
“I feel the Premier League is the very best league on the planet however it’s true that it may be very completely different from one workforce to a different and it isn’t solely this recreation, you possibly can see the opposite outcomes and the momentum they’ve is completely different to European groups,” Cucurella stated.
“The circumstances aren’t the identical as properly for European groups and it isn’t an excuse, it is a actuality and it is one of many causes.
“They’ve quite a lot of expertise but when we play in one other second then we are able to possibly beat them. Perhaps now could be the second to lose and if you’re going to lose then it is now and if we undergo that’s the second to indicate our qualities.”