Dorival Júnior reinforces punishment for Daniel Alves and Robinho, with whom he worked: ‘Fantastic person’

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Hours before Dorival, right-back Danilo, captain of the Seleção, also commented on the episodes

London (ENG) – Dorival Júnior, coach of the Brazilian team, took a stance on Robinho’s arrest. In a press conference this Friday (22), on the last day of training for the friendly against England, the coach highlighted that “if there was a crime, he needs to be penalized”, remembering that he had already worked with Robinho in the past.

According to Dorival, the coach considered it a “delicate situation” as he had always believed that Robinho was “a fantastic person”. About Daniel Alves, he didn’t say much “because I hadn’t worked with him”.

“Very delicate situation. Robinho was my athlete, a fantastic person, such a professional, within our coexistence, above average. I didn’t work with Daniel, but I know the story. It’s a difficult time to express ourselves. I understand that first I think about the families of the people involved. In the families, especially those of the victims of these episodes”,

said Dorival Jr.

“I don’t wish this on anyone. I feel for everyone. I’m sorry for everything you will go through in your lives from then on. I can help with prayers, nothing more. It’s the feeling that remains. Not only these cases, but thousands of them happen every day and society unfortunately ignores the vast majority. We need to penalize cases that are not exposed and happen very frequently”, added the new coach of the Brazilian team.

Hours before Dorival, right-back Danilo, captain of the Seleção, also commented on the episodes. In his speech, he addressed machismo in society and the role of athletes. Finally, the player asked the CBF to promote awareness among players, especially young people.

“As high-level athletes we have to understand the place we occupy, our role, understand that our actions have a greater power to influence positively and negatively. It’s time to better understand that our role is to play football, represent the clubs and the Brazilian team, but also serve as an example of behavior and ways of dealing off the field for young people”, said the Juventus player.

*With information from Lance

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