Dorival makes no attempt to hide his delight at the World Cup break | OneFootball

Coach Dorival Júnior didn’t even try to hide his personal hope for São Paulo’s future because of the long-awaited and much-desired break in the schedule for the World Cup.

After the 1-0 loss to Remo this Sunday (27), the Tricolor manager praised the break as a chance to work with the team, recover injured players, and give confidence to the younger players who have been coming into the side.

“After a long time, we’re finally going to have the opportunity for a preseason. São Paulo has concerns and goals. We have to work to reduce the concerns and improve our goals. There are some aspects that have been shown to us over these four matches, and we have to work so that some qualities are improved and others maintained,” he said.

“The recovery of those who are out will already be important reinforcements, as will the improvement of these youngsters who need time. We can’t put pressure on them to be the solutions. Today four youngsters came on, and that is a highly positive point. But we have to manage the anxiety we’re feeling. When we go ahead, we unnecessarily want to hold onto a result when we could do things differently. I hope we improve a lot,” he added.

Regarding the defeat, which came in stoppage time because of a misplaced pass by Enzo Díaz inside São Paulo’s box, Dorival saw positive points in his team and preferred to highlight the opponent’s efficiency.

“It’s not a matter of a mistake. There are moments when we have to understand that the opponent was efficient. In the only chance they had, they scored. We didn’t. We had many situations in the first half and after the break. Some decisions we made were not appropriate,” he pointed out.

“The team did not play a poor or unbalanced match. It controlled the game, it just couldn’t turn that into what it could have done because of the volume we had. It’s another challenge we can improve on. We are working toward that. Very little training time, but we’re noticing that things are going to improve. We just have to keep insisting, working, and dedicating ourselves,” he concluded.

São Paulo have not won in the Brasileirão for five matches, since the 13th round, when they beat Mirassol. They are stuck on 25 points and, for the first time, sit outside the Libertadores qualification zone, in eighth place. The squad will now get a few days off. Their next match is scheduled for the week of July 22, against Athletico-PR.

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