The controversy generated around the video that has circulated in recent hours on social networks, in which you can see Dorival Juniorselector of Brazil, being ignored by his players in the moments before the penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals against Uruguayhas its continuity with the response of the technician himself.
In light of the commotion caused by the situation, Dorival Júnior, who had denied any kind of inconvenience in a press conference, decided to refer to what happened again. “Interpreting a photograph without consulting a professional was totally careless. Those who expressed an opinion should think long and hard before talking about a professional,” he said.
“If there is no respect in this sense, I should be seen as a family man, a professional above all, who respects everything and everyone, and this is for those who say that I was not respected. I regret the situation, I am upset, but it is a temporary situation for a professional who has already experienced many cases,” he added.
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“In all the penalty shoot-outs I’ve been involved in, I’ve never been in that circle of players. Everything we did was preparatory and before the match. At that moment, I don’t need to say anything. Unless I notice a difference, a difficulty, a problem, a sudden change… But that wasn’t the case, everything was already discussed.”
“In the last minute of the game we already decided who the kickers would be. I usually stay quite far away. If you look at images from other games, you can see that I’m not going to go there. It’s the player’s moment, theirs for them. I don’t like to participate and I avoid it. “I’m sorry, but what they did was absurd, all the controversy over a simple photo.”
