Dorival and the pressure on the national team: ‘Nothing unknown. Our life has always been like this

Dorival and the pressure on the national team: ‘Nothing unknown. Our life has always been like this


The coach defends the working method, mentions the reformulation process and assures that the Seleção, fifth in qualifying, will be strong in 26




Coach Dorival Júnior has called up the 23 players who will represent Brazil in the next matches of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The team will face Chile and Peru, on 10 and 15 October, in Santiago (CHL) and Brasilia. respectively. In eight rounds the team has only ten points and is only in fifth place, which puts pressure on the yellow-green commander. The coach himself then analyzed the unfavorable scenario. Ultimately, he downplayed the current situation.

“Pressure is never a normal factor. We are used to dealing with it right from the clubs. We prepare for moments like this. In the national team it multiplies. Nothing that is unknown to us. Our life has always been like this. In any case, it is not celebrates. He is relieved and, hours later, begins to think about what next Wednesday or Sunday will be like. The instability of the Brazilian championship has taught us a lot.

Dorival asks for patience

Dorival then specified that the bad phase of the Seleção does not make him change jobs. And he still had time to make sure that, in two years, things would be right.

“A job that completes stages is not easy. It is therefore not due to a good or bad moment. Everyone has asked for a reformulation. We therefore seek a balance between youth and experience. New faces with players who have been in other groups AND return because they deserve it. It’s a healthy mix, we’ll find the right path, in short, it will come very strong.” projected the coach of the five-time world champion team.

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Source: Terra

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