2024-07-08 14:32:34
The Brazilian national team coach, Dorival Junior, found himself in the spotlight after an image that occurred before the penalty shoot-out that decreed the elimination of the most successful World Cup winners.
It was at the moment when the two teams were organizing who would be the executors and the Brazilian coach appeared behind his players and not ordering the series from the twelve steps. At one point, Dorival raised a finger as if trying to have the word in the middle of the circle of players to be heard, but nobody noticed his gesture. An assistant of his was the one who spoke to the players.
The opposite was Marcelo Bielsa, coach of the Uruguayan National Team, who with a scoresheet in hand and addressing his players in an energetic manner. In fact, the Uruguayans went through in the final, scoring in all the attempts except for the shot by José María Giménez, which Alisson saved.
After the elimination, Dorival explained why he stood behind the players before the penalty shootout. “I stayed away because I was telling each of them what I had in mind. Once the five starting positions were defined, I started talking about what we had trained. In fact, in the training that took place from the first day in Orlando we were working on the penalties because we knew that we would probably have that possibility in the final decisions of the match,” he said.
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This image before the penalties is AMAZING and is already echoing throughout Brazil.
On one hand, Dorival, OUT OF THE ROUND, and IGNORED WHEN HE RAISES HIS HAND TO SPEAK. In Uruguay, everyone is watching and listening attentively to Bielsa.
UNUSUAL. 😳🇧🇷pic.twitter.com/4oysGfh7zP
— Sudanalytics (@sudanalytics_) July 7, 2024
2024-07-08 14:32:34