Flamengo coach: 'Fact' Europe has 'better players'

Flamengo manager Filipe Luis said it was a "fact" the shot elite remained successful Europe aft the Brazilian broadside were beaten 4-2 successful a last-16 clash against Bayern Munich astatine the Club World Cup connected Sunday.

The Brazilian powerhouse conceded 2 goals successful the opening 10 minutes and though they doubly reduced the arrears, Bayern were ever successful power arsenic they acceptable up a quarterfinal necktie with Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain.

"The unit they enactment connected you is immense. They travel astatine you with eight, 10 players. They deserved to win," said erstwhile Atlético Madrid subordinate Filipe Luis. "Our program did enactment and we were capable to use unit and make goal-scoring opportunities but they were amended than us. We're playing against the shot elite. If Vinícius Júnior had not near for Real Madrid, we would person the champion subordinate successful the world."

European teams were expected to predominate the expanded Club World Cup, but sometimes struggled successful the radical signifier portion each Brazilian teams precocious and made an impression.

Bayern, however, restored a measurement of what the European shot constitution would telephone "order" up of Inter Milan's clash with Brazil's Fluminense successful the circular of 16 connected Monday. Palmeiras progressed by beating chap Brazilian broadside Botafogo connected Saturday.

"They [South American players] privation to beryllium successful the elite and that's what they are, had we won contiguous and the tournament, it would not alteration the world -- they're precocious prime teams," added Filipe Luis. "We person galore Brazilian players successful our teams but they [the European teams] person the champion ones. They person amended players, that's a fact."

Bayern manager Vincent Kompany wasn't truthful definite connected the quality successful prime and besides alluded to the prime of coaches successful South America helping to equilibrium retired immoderate quality successful talent.

"In immoderate contention it's the prime of the players, but besides the belief," Kompany said. "I'm not definite if that's truthful achromatic oregon white, and immoderate of the champion finishers successful the satellite are from South America. The South American teams person shot successful the blood.

"Do you cognize however whitethorn large tacticians person travel retired of South America? [Marcelo] Bielsa, Filipe Luis, notably."