Former player Dedé commented on the confusion between Neymar and Robinho Júnior at Santos. During training, last Sunday (4), the team captain was reportedly irritated by the young man’s dribbling and, subsequently, cursed and attacked his teammate.
Dedé alleviated the situation and cited other examples of similar episodes that he had seen during his career as a player.
“Football is very stressful, people travel and so on. And most of the time it goes from the oldest to the youngest. Why? The football hierarchy doesn’t accept it. It’s not that they don’t accept it, they don’t tolerate it, right? That the youngest is abused and that happens. It’s normal, people. Now here I’m going to tell you stories that happened to me about conflicts in football”, he began in a video published on social media.
“To give you an idea, the best team I played for in my career was Cruzeiro in 2013. We had a mess that you have no idea about. ‘Pegapacapá’, he didn’t touch, but he almost did. Two giant people in football. In this confusion, Tinga arrived and said: ‘Guys, we are ready to be champions'”, he continued with the case.
“To sum up the story, we played against Grêmio out there and when we came back, our flight was at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, we took an earlier flight. I was involved and we arrived in BH. There was a very absurd fine to give us, and Tinga went to defend us. Within this situation, two teammates had a disagreement because there was a bad word about the trip and the two almost caught each other”, he said.
The former player also reported that Benecy Queiroz, Alexandre Mattos and Marcelo Oliveira were involved in the case. Remembering that Cruzeiro ended that year champion of the Brazilian Championship.
“It was resolved inside the locker room and it ended, there was no need to leave. Of course, it’s not cool. It’s a lack of respect for you to hit your teammate, fight and so on, it’s not cool. I, thank God, have never fought with anyone in football. But there have been warm moments with me and other players, and this Cruzeiro story that Tinga talked about, Marcelo Oliveira was very worried and we calmed him down. ‘Marcelo, don’t worry, man. It’s not even going to come out. here’. And he never left.
“I don’t know how this generation of football is today. The review is over, it’s just a cell phone, it’s a headset, that’s why. So, when it happens, there’s this event of this generation, people want to talk, that’s for me, guys. And it happened, I let it out”, he concluded.
Developments in the case involving Neymar and Robinho Jr.
The representatives sent Santos an extrajudicial notification, according to ge, which mentions that Neymar “used insults in an offensive manner, tripped him and threw a punch” at the young man.
They also ask for the provision of images, a statement from the club regarding the measures taken and a meeting to discuss possible termination of the contract.
