Dorival Junior has urged all parties to avoid putting too much pressure on Vinicius Junior, which would not benefit anyone.
Brazil coach Dorival Junior has urged all parties to avoid putting too much pressure on Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior, comparing the expectations placed on Neymar da Silva Junior in the past, Ufabet Sport reports on Saturday.
Dorival has name four players from Real Madrid in his latest Samba squad, led by Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo Goes, Eder Militao and Endrick Felipe, before the 63-year-old coach called on all parties to reduce the pressure on the 23-year-old forward, who has been criticise for not performing as well with the Brazilian national team as he did with the Los Blancos.
‘It will be a task for all of us, first of all, we must not create too many expectations,’ Dorival defended Vinicius. ‘I don’t think there should be expectations of playing at a high level and the need to try to perform at every moment.’
‘If we continue to demand that we want to see the same players at a certain time, in a certain situation, and that doesn’t happen with the national team, we have to be patient and wait for the time when everything will happen.’
Dorival also stress that football is a team effort and that no expectations should be place on any one player, citing Neymar’s early years as an example.
‘I think we followed all the processes with Neymar สมัคร ufabet and this has been going on for years and I think we saw that creating too many expectations is not the right way for us and then we let ourselves down.’