 He did not train with the team for the week and Barbieri did not list him for Flamengo's league match against Cruzeiro on the 12th.He was released as a free agent and Internacional signed him to a 3-year contract.By this point, the number of goals conceded by Flamengo had increased from 0.54 per match for their first 35 matches to 1.14 over their last seven matches.