In the presentation to the CRB, Jorge, ex-Flu, remembers Diniz’s psychological support to overcome injuries | crb

The CRB presented a known reinforcement this Tuesday afternoon. Hired to compete in Series B, left-back Jorge is fighting to regain his place in football and overcome mistrust due to his history of injuries.

During the press conference at Ninho do Galo, the 28-year-old player spoke about the psychological work to deal with clinical problems and even revealed the special support he received from coach Fernando Diniz, in 2023, when he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury. right knee, when he was at Fluminense.

– During that period there at Fluminense, when I had the injury, right at the beginning, when I got injured, Professor Fernando Diniz was one of the main people to accept me at Fluminense… He hugged me and said: “Man, be strong and you’ll turn things around! I know it’s not easy.” And from there, I heard that and said: “Man, it’s difficult, but I’m going to try to continue in any way I can, I already had this injury in 2020, in Europe, and I knew I was going to have another difficult time, months at home without being able to do what I love, and it’s not easy.

Jorge said he thought about leaving his career, but talked about where he found the strength to move on.

– Anyone who has had this injury in football knows how difficult it is, and of course I worked hard on my mind to be able to continue. I thought about my family, I thought about my son, who is a daily strength for me today.

Excited about the chance to return to playing football, the full-back spoke about how he views the opportunity given by the CRB to resume his career. He underwent surgery on his right knee while still at Fluminense, has not played since February last year and still has no plans to debut.

– Today, this resumption of football, here at CRB, for me, is very important in my daily life… I can smile again with real joy. So I think that on the field, when I start training with the group, start playing again, whoever doubted it, whoever thought I wouldn’t come back, will see that I’m happy again, regardless of the club, where I am, I I know that I will respect this shirt as I respected the others and also do my best on and off the field.