The coach of the Brazilian National Team, Dorival Júnior, and the physical trainer Celso Rezende will watch three games of São Paulo teams this week. The duo will continue the technical observation work. Before calling up the players on Friday (10), the members of the technical staff watched more than 40 games in Brazil and Europe.
The series of matches in São Paulo will start on Tuesday (14), when Dorival and Celso will watch Corinthians face Argentinos Juniors at the Neo Química Arena for the Copa Sudamericana. The following day, the duo will follow the match between Palmeiras and Independiente del Valle for the Libertadores. On Thursday (16), they will close the tour of the São Paulo capital at MorumBis. They will watch São Paulo play against Barcelona de Guayaquil, also for the Libertadores.
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‘The observations are part of the constant work of the Selection Department. While Dorival and Celso will be in the stadiums, the rest of the technical staff will remain in Rio planning the entire preparation for the two friendly matches and the Copa América. They are detailing the entire work schedule on and off the field, as well as the content of the training sessions,’ said Rodrigo Caetano, Executive Coordinator General of the Brazilian National Teams.
Brazil will play two friendlies before the start of the Copa América. The first will be on June 8 against Mexico at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas. The second friendly will be against the United States on June 12 at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.
The Copa América begins on June 20. Brazil is in the same group as Costa Rica, Colombia and Paraguay.
On Friday, Dorival called up 23 players for the two friendlies and the Copa América competition.
Before that, he and the members of the technical staff traveled through Brazil and Europe observing the players. The technical staff monitored more than 40 games and 50 athletes.
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