The harangue of a Raphinha who is already running as one of Brazil’s captains

Brazil does not seem to have reached the best dynamics in Copa América 2024. The national team Dorival Junior has not raised its head since the elimination match Croatia in the Quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar. Tite’s departure and doubts over who will be the next Brazilian coach have clouded the situation with the ‘canarinha’ lack of leaders and consistency.

Bye bye Thiago Silvathe damage of Neymar or the renewal of staff in the marches of Casemiro, Alves and company are emerging new players who give pride to the ‘amarela’ shirt and one of them is Raphael Dias Belloti, Raphinha (27 years). The footballer of Barça He served as captain in the opening match against the United States to lift the spirits of a squad that seemed knocked out by a crisis that had been going on since December 2022.

The culé footballer, who has shown on more than one occasion the passion with which he lives the games, on and off the pitch, spoke this time in front of all his teammates to try to overcome the bad streak that it’s what they’re going through: “It’s the weight of the shirt. It’s bigger than anybody here. But the jersey alone won’t win you the game. If we don’t give everything on the field, if we don’t put dedication from the beginning until the last minute. If one of us doesn’t run if we see that a teammate is tired and needs help, we don’t win the game. “If someone comes on the bench and doesn’t give 100%, we don’t win the game.”

Since the march of tits after the World Cup, Brazil Out of 13 games, only five were won, five were lost and three were tied. In addition, they closed 2023 with more defeats than victories, a fact that has not happened since 1963. A situation that caused alarm and was highly criticized by legends of the ‘Seleçao’ such as Ronaldinho: “The pace is not good. The drive is lacking, the dedication is lacking, everything is lacking.

In 2023 to forget, it accumulates negative records in the qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup, as it is sixth, seven points behind. Argentinaat the back of Venezuela either Ecuador and on the verge of staying out instead of chilli. After the last friendlies against Mexico (2-3 successes) and USED (1-1), the Brazilian has no more tests before starting the Copa América on June 25 against Costa Rica.