Psychologist raises alarm over Flamengo players' return after the Copa | OneFootball

What did the professional say? The World Cup is the biggest sporting event for anyone who plays football, so the level of performance, dedication, and commitment has to be extremely high. But everything depends on balancing reality and expectations. Thinking about the Brazilian national team, expectations are very high, but we simply weren’t at a level to compete with other teams. When we think of Brazil, we think of reaching a semifinal or becoming champions. But the team was not at that level. Frustration comes when the team starts to build momentum, you see that it can go far, but then ends up being eliminated very early, as happened. What is the individual assessment of each player? If we think individually, Danilo was used in the first match and was very important in the game. After that, expectations about his performance were created, but those expectations were still not in line with what the defender could actually deliver. And he understands that. Alex Sandro was used for only a few minutes. Now, maybe for Paquetá, who improved throughout the tournament, there was that bitter feeling that, because he grew into the competition, he could have gone further. What does this imply for performance in the Brasileirão, for example? It means life goes on. They will now feel the temperature of the expectations from fans and from the people who believed in them. That will certainly impact the level of pressure and the level of demands. Now, we should expect the very best from them. They have reached a very high level in football and will continue in a championship in which Flamengo is a major force. What remains, what they carry with them, is the learning experience. The frustration stayed in the World Cup, that does not change, but from now on it is about creating new expectations, because now it is a passionate club and a winning club. This experience will make them stronger for the rest of the season. Does the pressure of playing for Flamengo help? Currently, Flamengo thinks not only about winning, but about winning well. That pressure is entirely external. The athlete understands that this is a privilege. Playing for Flamengo is a privilege; being in this pressure-filled environment is a privilege. It draws you in, it is what makes you go beyond. But the bigger challenge is how you deal with that pressure. It is how the pressure created by the environment brings out in you what was already inside. When we talk about Flamengo players who wore the Brazilian National Team shirt at the last World Cup, they are all already used to this feeling. In other words, the chances of this interfering with their performance on the field are lower. Which Flamengo players were eliminated from the World Cup?

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