Dorival Júnior Named New Brazil National Coach: Spicy History with Seleção Superstar Neymar

Dorival Júnior is the new national coach of Brazil. The coach has known the Seleção superstar for a long time.

WHAT HAPPENED? The new Brazilian national coach Dorival Júnior and superstar Neymar have a spicy history from their time together at FC Santos.

WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND? In September 2010, Dorival Júnior, as Santos coach, kicked the then 18-year-old Neymar out of the team. The reason for this: In a league game against Goianiense (4-2), Neymar wanted to take a penalty, but Dorival Júnior insisted that the regular shooter Marcel take the penalty.

Neymar, an up-and-coming mega-talent at the time, was angry with the coach, who then suspended him for one game. When Dorival Júnior did not want to consider Neymar in a second game, an important duel with Corinthians, Santos’ club management intervened and quickly dismissed Dorival Júnior.

Neymar was able to contribute against Corinthians and scored a goal, but Santos lost the game 2-3.

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A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS: It is not known whether Dorival Júnior, who only trained Santos for a good nine months, still resents Neymar’s story from back then.

After numerous other positions, the 61-year-old has now taken over as Brazil’s national coach. He won’t be able to rely on Neymar for the time being anyway, as the 31-year-old, who is now active at Al-Hilal, is expected to be out until the end of April due to a torn cruciate ligament.

After that, he will almost certainly nominate Neymar again, after all, the former PSG star is one of the Seleção’s most important players. In total, Neymar has 128 international matches so far (79 goals).

2024-01-08 19:24:04
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