The strong harangue of DT Dorival Junior, after taking charge in Brazil: “We are the most successful team on the planet”

Trainer Dorival Junior He took over as the new technical director of the Brazilian football team, after leaving his position at the club. St. Paul, and assured that the team “has the obligation to win again”. Dorival signed a contract last night until December 2026 and will lead the team in the cycle up to the next United States – Mexico – Canada World Cup, debuting in the second half of March with two friendlies, in London against England and in Madrid opposite Spain.

“Today I am here representing to the most successful team on the planet, the one that inspires many around the world. And he has the obligation to win again. Brazilian football is very strong, it reinvents itself. We cannot get over the moment we are going through. May it serve as a lesson so that we can find a new path,” Dorival, 61, said in front of the press, in a speech that sounded like a harangue.

Brazil will play again in the preliminary round in September, against Ecuadorlocally, and then will visit Paraguayin two matches that it will have to win to improve its position in the standings.

The five-time champion team is in sixth position, with seven points, eight less than leaders Argentina and must also prepare for the America’s Cup from the United States between June and July next., in the United States.

“We must offer a reliable selection that gives credibility to all of us. I appeal to all the professionals who are part of football, who are involved in football. Football needs each of you,” said the former Figueirense coach, Fortaleza, Criciúma. , Juventude, Sport, Avaí, São Caetano, Cruzeiro, Coritiba, Vasco, Santos, Atlético Mineiro, Internacional, Flamengo, Fluminense, Palmeiras, San Pablo, Athletico Paranaense and Ceará

Regarding his departure from San Pablo, Dorival clearly justified himself: “I had a contract at San Pablo, but I didn’t leave it, I didn’t change it, I came to the national team because this wasn’t an invitation, it was a call. No professional in his right mind would fail to answer this call.”

Dorival and his tense relationship with Neymar Jr.: the trampled past

“Brazil has to learn to play without Neymar because he is injured now. But we have one of the three best players in the world and then we will count on him,” Dorival said of Neymar Jr., a footballer who after moving his talent to the championship Saudi Arabia has suffered a serious knee injury that will keep him out of the field for several months (it is already known that he will not play the Copa América).

Dorival and the Arab Al Hilal star had a loud clash during a match in 2010, when both were part of Santos. “I have no problem with him,” the coach says now.

And then he recalled the conflict: “The proportion that that situation took was disproportionate. After that match we were already talking. The board made a decision and I respected it. But every time we met it was a positive situation. Football is very dynamic” “Heaven and hell are only a meter apart.”

The reason for the clash between the two was because Santos had a penalty and Dorival had designated another player above Neymar to take it. The video of the former PSG man insulting the coach remained in the memory of the entire Brazilian football scene. The coach’s decision at that time was to exclude him from the squad for two matches.

“I’ve never had problems with indiscipline in my teams, with Neymar there have been several. I’m doing everything I can to help him”, said Dorival who was having his first football experiences in that period. he had to leave his position due to disagreements with the decisions made by the management in the dispute.

Dorival has won in his coaching career 1 Libertadores (2022), 3 Copas do Brasil (2010, 2022 and 2023), 1 Recopa Sul-Americana (2011), 2 Paulistas (2010 and 2016), 2 Paranaenses (2008 and 2020) , 1 Gaúcho (2012), 1 Pernambucano (2006), 1 Catarinense (2004) and 1 Brazilian Serie B (2009).