Men’s national teams chief hails links with the senior side | OneFootball

CBF National Teams Department has been present at every youth match at Granja ComaryCredits: Rafael Ribeiro / CBF

The month of August has been special for the work of Brazil’s youth national teams, always in sync with the Senior National Team. International friendlies involving the Under-15, Under-17 and Under-20 teams, all broadcast on CBF TV, have filled the schedule at Granja Comary, which has frequently welcomed the leadership of the CBF National Teams Department.

For Cícero Souza, general manager of CBF’s Men’s National Teams, this period has been highly productive and provides extra motivation for players, coaching staffs and everyone who wants to see Brazilian football continue to develop.

“We believe that the more matches a player has played in his National Team’s youth categories, the more convinced you will be about what he can deliver when he wears the Senior National Team shirt, technically, tactically and even in terms of behavior. So when you have the Under-20 coach watching the Under-17 match, and the Under-17 coach interacting with the Under-15 coach, you are already building a history of information that will be very useful down the road,” Cícero emphasized.

“For us at the National Teams Department, being able to witness and understand whether the methodologies we have encouraged are actually being carried out, whether the terminology chosen to be adopted is being used, whether the principles of play defined by all the coaching staffs, including Carlo Ancelotti, are being applied — all of this is vitally important. And that is why we came here, Rodrigo, Juan, me... that is why we want to encourage more and more interactions like these here at Granja and even outside of here,” Cícero continued, referring to CBF Men’s National Teams executive general coordinator Rodrigo Caetano and Senior National Team technical coordinator Juan Santos.

Cícero Souza, general manager of CBF’s Men’s National TeamsCredits: Disclosure / CBF

Talent development

In an interview with the CBF website on Thursday afternoon (20), Cícero Souza gave more details about the integration work among Brazil’s national teams.

“With the arrival of Paulo Victor (Under-20 head coach) and Lucas Andrade (assistant coach), completing our technical staff in the Under-20 category, and about 10 months ago, with Guilherme Dalla Déa joining the Under-15 category, we were able to complete our youth coaching staff. From that point on, by bringing in Professor Carlo Ancelotti in the creation of a talent development program, we held a meeting in April this year, here at Granja Comary, with all the coaching staffs, performance analysts, goalkeeping coaches, assistant coaches, fitness coaches, and we created a charter of values for Brazilian player developers,” Cícero said.

“It was a three-day immersion in which we also assessed what the main components would be that we wanted to see in the Under-20, Under-17 and Under-15 national teams every time they stepped onto the field, and that would be important in preparing players for the Senior National Team. We defined principles of play and the game behaviors that support those principles. We are building a collection of performance indicators so that we can make a truly concrete assessment of this. Juan has been in charge of constant game review meetings with the coaching staffs in order to further develop and break down this work a little more, and I believe this interaction is very important because it keeps everyone on the same page and gives much more logic to player development,” the general manager added.

Cícero was at Granja Comary this Thursday to watch the Under-17 team’s 2-1 win over Venezuela, accompanied by Rodrigo Caetano, Juan, Senior National Team goalkeeping coach Taffarel, and CBF youth national teams coordinator Branco. This Saturday (22), the Under-15 National Team will face Uruguay, and on Sunday (23), the Under-17 team will play Venezuela again. Both matches will kick off at 10 a.m. at Granja Comary.

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