Dorival Júnior cancelled trip for São Paulo, on Arboleda ban, urges fans | OneFootball

Dorival Júnior is officially back at São Paulo. The club’s new head coach was introduced at CT da Barra Funda on Monday afternoon (18) and spoke with the press for more than an hour about several topics.

Among them, he revealed that he really did not plan to work again this year and even had to cancel an international trip he had scheduled when he received the invitation to return to Tricolor.

“I really wasn’t going to come back so soon. And when I got the call from the president, right after the match against Juventude, I understood what had been going on. I had a trip booked to Florida, but I ended up rethinking the whole situation. I have a commitment to São Paulo, I accept it, and I will try to give my best here,” said coach Dorival.

“You can be sure of that. I will do everything possible so that we can recover this moment that this same group experienced not long ago. It’s a job that I hope will be a continuation of what had been applied here so that we can rediscover the same level of performance we had been showing,” said the coach.

Right at the start of the presentation, director Rui Costa, who was also present at the press conference, had already announced that Arboleda will not be reintegrated into the Tricolor squad after the disciplinary incident of leaving the club for a month. And Dorival commented on the Ecuadorian’s case.

“Arboleda was very important during my time here, he was crucial in that title win. In fact, ever since 2017. Now, a problem happened and it has to be resolved. Discipline belongs anywhere and it has to prevail. That’s how I see the behavior of São Paulo’s board,” he assessed.

APPEAL TO THE TRICOLOR FANS

São Paulo’s new coach also made an appeal to the fans, who have been somewhat at odds with the club since Crespo was replaced by Roger Machado, who was booed and criticized throughout his brief spell with Tricolor.

“I hope we have our fans back, strongly believing in this team’s recovery. In the league itself, the team maintained a very competitive posture, the result of the work done by Crespo and Roger. We will carry on, making the most of that work. We will continue to maintain at least this position.”

“I am sure that every true São Paulo supporter will set aside any political thinking, anything individual, for the collective good. Before anything else, he is a São Paulo supporter, regardless of whether he is with the administration or the opposition. I’m sure that person will think carefully, especially because he has the club in his heart. If he does, this gesture is needed.”

“It will be very important for all São Paulo supporters to come closer to the institution. Not just for the fans to return to Morumbi, but for this atmosphere to continue as well. That is a separate matter. It is a dispute. I hope it is as healthy as possible. But above all, that people understand the club needs peace in order to find important paths for our club.”

“The message is that the fans have never abandoned São Paulo, Morumbi… and I’m sure that support will come. The presence of the fans is fundamental. The greatest example was precisely in my last spell here. In 2017, the strength of the stands helped us achieve a turnaround in the Brasileirão and gave us tremendous support to find a path that was not easy, it was very difficult.”

“People have no idea what goes on inside a working group. In 2023, we asked the fans to be a little patient because I saw many qualities in this group, which improved even more with Lucas’s arrival, which helped the team grow.”

“I hope once again that we have that participation and that the fans believe again and make themselves heard. It will not be a simple job. I also had problems over there. We did everything to find a way in the last matches and we couldn’t. Above all, we have to be realistic.”

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