The former Brazilian player Djalma Feitosa Diasbetter known as Djalminharegretted that Neymar be the “only” player of his country “with the ability to solve only” a game or “make a different play, of a higher level.”
“One sees play Neymarhe was out of shape and now he is improving, but you see him give a touch and it is a show, it is nice to see him. And then you see the others … “, said the former player of the Deportivo de la Coruña In an interview released this Friday on the GE portal.
However, he clarified that with his statements he does not intend to criticize today’s Brazilian footballers, who, he said, they love it. “
“There are boys who are my friends, I love them as children, I like them a lot. But, in my opinion, we don’t have that type of player (like Neymar)”, held.
“We are not dependent on Neymar. The pity is that only he is; If we had four or five like him, no one would be talking about Neymar“He added.
The former player of FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain He returned to Santos at the beginning of this year, the club where he formed, but has not yet recovered his best version due to several injuries that have prevented him from having continuity.
Despite those doubts, the Canarinha coach, Carlo Ancelottihas included it in the prelist of summoned for the last two days of South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup against Chile and Bolivia, which will be played in September.
For Djalminha, Brazil today has great players, but not with the importance of Neymar When deciding a game.
In this regard, he mentioned the striker of the Real Madrid Vinícius Júnior, whom he considers “a player with capacity, the best in the world, although in the Brazilian team he has not yet surrendered what is expected.”
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“Estêvão (Chelsea) is a boy in whom I have a lot of hope that it will become that type of player. But, today, players who decide do not have. And that is not a demerit for current players,” he appreciated.
Before that panorama, Djalminha He invited the new generations to look for “the roots of Brazilian football” to win again.
“It is nothing tactic, it is to return to our essence. Because without tactics, no team in the world wins a game today. So, there is no way for a team not to be well organized tactically; anyone organizes well tactically to their team. Now, if you do not have players who put it into practice, that they have the highest technical level, as it always had Brazilthere is no tactic that can win Europeans, “he concluded.
