A HARSH WAY TO (FLAMEN)GO<\/p>\n
In 2021, during a wide-ranging interview with the Guardian<\/a>, Flamengo\u2019s veteran defender Filipe Lu\u00eds described his employers as \u201cprobably the most demanding club on earth\u201d. In the early hours on Tuesday, he dropped the probably. Filipe Lu\u00eds, by now the highly successful manager of Flamengo, had just watched his team win 8 [E-I-G-H-T \u2013 Football Daily Vidiprinter] -0 against Madureira to reach another Campeonato Carioca final. Despite that, and the fact he won seven [S-E-V-E-N \u2013 FDV] different competitions<\/a> in 18 months at the club, he was unceremoniously bundled through the door marked Do One. \u201cClube de Regatas do Flamengo informs that Filipe Lu\u00eds will no longer be in charge of the professional team,\u201d began an official statement that put the \u201ctory\u201d in \u201cperfunctory\u201d. \u201cFlamengo thanks former player and coach Filipe Lu\u00eds for everything that was achieved and shared during this journey. The club wishes him success and the best of luck in the continuation of his professional career.\u201d<\/p>\n A manager getting this treatment after a huge win is not intrinsically absurd \u2013 think San Marino 1-7 England in 1993, or that time on Champo 01-02<\/a> when Football Daily beat Woking 17-0 in the FA Cup to end a run of 471 consecutive defeats \u2013 but this particular case feels pretty egregious. It\u2019s less than two months since Filipe Lu\u00eds, aged 40 and regarded as one of the world\u2019s best young managers, was on the shortlist to replace Enzo Maresca at Chelsea. In November, Flamengo beat Palmeiras in the Copa Libertadores final to become champions of South America. In December they won the Brazilian title and took Paris Saint-Germain to penalties in the Intercontinental Cup final, the closest a South American team has come to winning it since 2012.<\/p>\n Filipe Lu\u00eds set the bar so high that defeats in less important competitions went down like flatulence in a lead balloon. In February, Flamengo lost the Supercopa do Brasil and Recopa Sudamericana; they also lost their first league games and three matches in the Campeonato Carioca. But they are still emphatically in both those competitions, and beat Madureira 11-0 on aggregate in the Carioca semi-finals. On Sunday, they will play their great rivals Fluminense in the final; victory would have given Filipe Lu\u00eds his eighth trophy in 101 games as Flamengo manager. As many have observed, it\u2019s akin to an English club sacking a manager who won the Premier League and Bigger Cup but lost the Community Shield and Super Cup at the start of the following season and was gone by the end of August.<\/p>\n You\u2019ll be disgusted to hear that Football Daily has not watched every minute of Flamengo\u2019s last 100 games, so we\u2019re not exactly secreting theories as to why Filipe Lu\u00eds was sacked. The most obvious is an old favourite, that the entire world has lost the noggin. The Flamengo chief suit, Luiz Eduardo Baptista \u2013 aka \u201cBap\u201d, and no, a 65-year-old really shouldn\u2019t have a three-letter nickname \u2013 certainly sounds like a character, so this could be a simple case of a president disappearing up his own fundament. But there are others who say Filipe Lu\u00eds\u2019s success papered over some increasingly visible cracks: a prosaic style of play, a dependence on set pieces, neglect of the youth system and, worst of all, a steadfast refusal to adopt a three-letter nickname. Football Daily is certain of only one thing: if results go south under Filipe Lu\u00eds\u2019s successor, dear old Bap will find out just how demanding a club Flamengo can be.<\/p>\n LIVE ON BIG WEBSITE<\/p>\n Join Taha Hashim now<\/a> for Women\u2019s World Cup qualifying updates on Ukraine 0-3 England, while Niall McVeigh will be on clockwatch duty from 7.30pm to keep you up to speed on the night\u2019s Premier League matches.<\/p>\n QUOTE OF THE DAY<\/p>\n double quotation markI don\u2019t drive, but I get around with a driver. I prefer not to drive here. I don\u2019t have a car, but I can drive. I don\u2019t like how they drive here. They follow the rules too much and are a bit slow. Sometimes you see these big traffic jams for no reason. Unfortunately, that\u2019s just how it is here. Everyone has their ways\u201d \u2013 Arsenal\u2019s Riccardo Calafiori appears to be no fan of London\u2019s traffic calming measures.<\/p>\n Riccardo Calafiori, perhaps watching Fast and Furious 6 with teammates, earlier. Photograph: Stuart MacFarlane\/Arsenal FC\/Getty Images<\/p>\n double quotation markI read with interest your mention of a \u2018lukewarm stroopwafel\u2019 with regards to the Premier League\u2019s current stylings (yesterday\u2019s Football Daily<\/a>). I remember when the Wenger\/F\u00e0bregas\/Van Persie Arsenal served a delightfully sugared, strawberries and cream stroopwafel that met with withering critique for having no spine, for not tasting good away at Stoke on a Tuesday night. I also remember Jos\u00e9 Mourinho\u2019s Chelsea teams showing up with a borderline anti-stroopwafel, covered in dirt and sour intention, and hearing that this was a \u2018pragmatic\u2019 stroopwafel, full of \u2018pace\u2019 and \u2018toughness\u2019 and various other bits of hidden post-Imperial delight. I would also note that when playing in Europe, where one\u2019s stroopwafel jersey isn\u2019t tugged all match long and the other side feels compelled to at least attempt to lay out a decent stroopwafel of their own, Arsenal seem capable and delighted to plate up a delicious, crispy-on-the-outside and chewy-on-the-inside version. In light of all of this. Lukewarm? Piping hot? Out of the freezer? Covered in grime? I couldn\u2019t care less which stroopwafel Mikel Arteta puts on the menu this year, as long as the table has the trophy as the centrepiece\u201d \u2013 Thad Brown.<\/p>\n double quotation markLoved the Ken Muir letter (yesterday\u2019s Football Daily letters<\/a>). Loyalty!\u201d \u2013 Paula Adamson (and others).<\/p>\n double quotation markReal Madrid were reminded on Monday that, when the going gets tough, Getafe get going<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Peter Oh.<\/p>\n If you have any, please send letters to the.boss@theguardian.com<\/a>. Today\u2019s letter o\u2019 the day winner is \u2026 Thad Brown, who gets a Football Weekly mug or scarf. 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