Danilo asks for ‘very careful’ with Dorival in the national team and gives a strong opinion on Diniz’s move

Few current players can talk more about Brazilian Team what Danilo. One of the most experienced of the current generation and captain of the team, the right-back has played with all the coaches who have passed through the CBF since Mano Menezesincluding the last two: Fernando Diniz It is Dorival Junior.

It is precisely about them that the player of Juventus gave some of his best answers in the Ball of the Time From this week. In the program that airs on ESPN on Star+ this Saturday (4), at 7:30 pm (Brasília time), Danilo said what his first impressions were with Dorival and also explained why he considers Diniz’s transfer to be a “big mistake”.

Nothing against the coach, on the contrary. Starting half of Fernando Diniz’s six games in charge of the national team, Danilo believes that the mistake was made by the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), not offering support and time for the team’s commander Fluminense implement your game idea.

Diniz, it is worth remembering, was hired as an interim member of the national team in the middle of 2023 because the president Ednaldo Rodrigues I was convinced that I would Carlo Ancelotti from June 2024for the dispute of Copa America. In the end, the Italian renewed with the Real MadridCBF chose to end Diniz’s work and hire Dorival.

“Every coach needs support and time, especially Diniz, thinking about how he sees football. It’s impossible to work in such a large and media-driven team without a minimum of security or certainty. I think it was a big mistake, I’ve already spoken to the president (from CBF) and I’m not afraid to talk about it: it was a huge error in planning and decision-making. It hindered almost everything that could have been Diniz’s work in the Brazilian team”, said Danilo.

Without Fernando Diniz, who only won two of the six games he played against Brazil, the CBF opted for Dorival Júnior, who had just been champion of the Brazil’s Cup for the São Paulo. The new coach only worked in two games, but showed good moments in the victory over England and in a tie with Spain.

The start with the new coach is promising, but it doesn’t fool Danilo. The full-back sees that Brazil continues to have a strong generation, with differentiated technical capacity and capable of fighting for the league title. world Cupbut remember the last campaigns with Tite to ask for feet on the ground when analyzing the work.

“We need to be very careful. We saw a long-term effort with Tite with many victories along the way and, when we arrived in theory at the main objective, we failed twice and did not win the World Cup. But this start with Dorival is encouraging “, said the full-back.

“We have another crop of a lot of talent, a very high level. It may or may not win a World Cup, because we don’t know that, but being a minimally organized team on the field, it has everything it needs to be at the top, competing with any team that whatever”, guaranteed Danilo, and then praised Brazil’s talents.

“João Gomes played against England. He is not a world-renowned player, but he put the English in his pocket. We played without Casemiro, but Bruno Guimarães and Paquetá arrived and did the job. The future of the team is not me, Casemiro, These are: Paquetá, Bruno, Endrick, João. May they take charge at this moment.

Where to watch Bola da Vez with Danilo?

O Ball of the Time with Danilo airs on ESPN on Star+ this Saturday (4), at 7:30 pm (Brasília time).