During participation in the program CNN Sports S/A this Sunday (3), Leave Petkovic He analyzed the Brazilian team scenario and projected expectations for the 2026 World Cup.
The former player praised striker João Pedro and defended the construction of a more collective team, without depending on a single player.
For him, it is an example of a young player who arrived with personality, corresponded on the field and can contribute in the future.
We have some talents that will assert themselves. I see, for example, that I saw before, but it took perhaps for others to see. This boy is phenomenal: João Pedro. This moment, with all due respect to Matheus Cunha, to Richarlison, others. João Pedro is playing a lot of ball.
Petkovic highlighted the attacker’s rapid adaptation to and
“What confidence he had, what confidence he received from Chelsea players, because he has just arrived. There are three goals, three games: three goals in the championship. Come here now and do it in the World Cup. And how old he’s? 24. So, I think he, for me, is a guy who comes in and can help a lot,” he said.
Commenting on the role of Petkovic criticized the centralization of expectations about shirt 10. He recalled that while other teams share the protagonism between several names, Brazil still bets all the chips in one player.
We always have the situation of Neymar, that we expect it can happen (…). It does not depend (only one player). It’s been a long time since the entire chord in a guy hasn’t been betting. And we bet the entire chip on Neymar. It cannot.
In addition, Petkovic pointed out that the team is still facing recurring difficulties in World Cups and that Brazil’s greatest danger is not in the opponents, but in the team itself.
“It’s always against ourselves,” said the commentator.
Change of Philosophy
The former player made a comparison with other selections that adopted long-term structural plans: “Each has implemented a different philosophy at different times.”
He stressed that the selection has potential, but that success depends on focus and organization.
“We can really set up a team that will make the competition different, I hope. And I hope, unlike all these years, that has not oba oba of the broadcast, training, the hotel … more centered, firmer, more collective,” he explained.
According to the former midfielder, the selection is missing a more strategic, less improvised mentality and more clarity about roles and responsibilities on the pitch.
It’s not more dedicated, because players never made soft body in the national team, I’ve never seen. But more focused, more centered, more organized, knowing what each has to do not to take a goal being disorganized on the field – which was often happening, because we did an intuitive thing. Intuition is much stronger in the Brazilian.
CNN Sports S/A
With Dejan Petkovic, it reaches the 102nd edition. Presented by João Vitor Xavier, the program addresses the backstage of a billion market and is one of the most profitable in the world: sport.
On the agenda, the hottest subjects in the industry in the world of the ball, from the perspective of economics and business.
