Dorival JuniorBrazil coach, although there is a good tactic not to get angry Viniciusclarified that Raphinha He will take the hypothetical penalty in the match against Uruguay (Salvador de Bahía, 1:45 am from Tuesday to Wednesday) of the qualifying group for the 2026 World Cup.
His words, at the start of the clash between 4th (Brazil with 17 points) and 2nd (Uruguay with 19), clarified the order of those who will take the penalty after what happened last week in Venezuela (1-1), when Vinicius He didn’t get a shot from the deadly spot he insisted on shooting even a month ago, on the previous day of FIFA, Raphinha He scored the two he scored against Peru (4-0) in a match where the Real Madrid player was absent due to injury. Furthermore, the Barcelona player has already scored from a direct free kick in Venezuela.
“Raphinha and Vini They prepared for punishments. Vini In the end he failed. Tomorrow, if there is a penalty, Raphinha will be the launcher. But what I see is this: you only mature with experiences. You only mature by going through such situations in your life and career. It is the athlete who has to find the path individually. And together we, the technical committees, are here to help them,” he explained. Dorival.
“We will have a very complicated game, but we will do everything so that tomorrow we play our best game,” said the coach during a press conference when talking about this Tuesday’s game at the Fonte Nova stadium in Salvador.
Last October, Uruguay won against Canarinha in Montevideo, 2-0, and in the Copa América in the United States, the match ended in a 0-0 draw and the Celeste qualified in a penalty shootout.
Source: La Verdad
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