Lashes out! Dorival: “Shameful, unacceptable, worrying” | OneFootball

São Paulo’s defeat to Chapecoense, the bottom team in the Brazilian Championship, triggered a strong outburst from coach Dorival Júnior in the post-match press conference.

Visibly bothered by the team’s performance, the coach described the result at Arena Condá as “shameful and unacceptable” and warned about the dangerous proximity to the relegation zone.

The loss left São Paulo just three points ahead of Mirassol, the first club inside the drop zone. The coach made a point of stressing that the squad was aware of the match’s importance for the standings, demanding an immediate change in posture and attitude.

“All the preparation for the match was done with that in mind, showing that it was a key game for us. It was a very important game. Unacceptable. Unacceptable. We have not achieved what we wanted here. Sometimes I’m even at a loss for words to defend a situation like this. It’s not easy, it’s not simple for any of us, shameful. We have to be aware of the club we are at, how big this club is, what it represents in every sense,” he said.

“And we have nothing more to say. We have no more words. It’s time for action and work. Even more work than what has already been done. We are dedicating ourselves a lot, a lot. But it is not being enough. So we have to look for something different to try to change this whole context. Because it cannot continue the way it is,” he added.

Dorival Júnior also raised the tone of his criticism when analyzing the coaching staff’s run of work, recalling the recent history of managerial changes to point out that the squad’s difficulties run deeper.

“We have to assess who is the third coach to come through here. So, what is being developed is not enough. We have to change that. We have to improve that. We have to realize that the hole is much bigger than what we are imagining. And understand what a championship like this represents. Today would have been the moment for us to change this whole context. And we were not capable enough to turn it around,” he pointed out.

The São Paulo coach reiterated his concern about Tricolor’s delicate moment in the national tournament, stressing respect for the opponent but demanding an approach in keeping with the greatness of the Morumbi club.

“It is worrying, it is worrying. Now, the work is still being done, it is still being carried out, it is just not being enough. I have to understand that, and I am trying to do my best, to give my best to São Paulo Futebol Clube. Concerned about the moment, about the situation. What happened before was another matter, another circumstance,” he said.

“But here, after all this, everything we are living through, everything we are doing internally, changing processes, seeking a path for all of us, a result like today’s is unacceptable. Honestly. With great, great respect for the Chapecoense team, I’m speaking from São Paulo’s point of view. The kind of result we had here today is unacceptable, inadmissible,” he stressed.

São Paulo will have the week free to train at CT da Barra Funda before returning to the field. The team will face Bragantino next Saturday (29), at 8:00 p.m. Brasília time, at Morumbi, in a match valid for the 25th round of the Brazilian Championship.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.