After a questioned silence, the selection of Brazilheaded by its brand new coach Dorival Juniorspoke out this Friday for the first time on the cases of two of his former figures, Daniel Alves and Robinhoconvicted of rape against women.
The statement by the Brazilian team was a long-standing request from various sectors of Brazilbut the pressure increased with the recent conviction against the full-back in Spain and the entry into prison this Friday of the former striker in Brazil.
“As a national team coach I have the obligation to speak out”said Dorival Junior61, at a press conference at the stadium in Wembleywhere on Saturday he will make his debut on the ‘Canarinha’ bench in a friendly against England.
“It is a difficult moment for us. First of all, I think of the families of the people involved, and especially of the victims involved in these episodes that occur every day in our country and around the world, and that suddenly are not “They try, they are silenced, because people have no voice”he added.
The DT recalled that he coincided with Robinho in 2010 and 2015 in the Saintsthe team that Pelé made famous.
“If there really was and has been proven some type of crime, it must be punished. As much as it pains me to say this about a person with whom I have always had an exceptional relationship”Dorival stated.
“I’m sorry for everything that everyone involved will go through from then on in their lives. What I can do is help them with prayers, nothing more.”pointed out the DT.
Later, in a statement, the directors of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF)together with the technical commission of the ‘Selecao’, showed solidarity “with the victims of the two brutal crimes committed by the former players.”
The harsh message from the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation
The president of the CBF, Ednaldo Rodriguespointed out that “It is shameful that an athlete feels comfortable committing that type of perversity” with the Brazilian shirt, and pretend that “what he conquered through sport can shield him from any penalty.”
In an environment where “machismo prevails”He added, men have to “combat, not only sexual violence, but all types of violence.”
The president of the Palmeiras, Leila Pereiraappointed head of the Brazilian team delegation for the friendlies against England and Spain (Tuesday in Madrid).
“No one says anything, but as a woman here, at the head of the delegation, I have to speak out”he said on Thursday UOL portal. “This is a slap in the face for all of us women.”he added about the release of Daniel Alves.
The sentences of Robinho and Dani Alves, with a change of prison and controversial bail
The former attacker was arrested on Thursday in Brazilwhere he will serve a sentence of nine years in prison by a rape group committed in 2013when I played in AC Milan. Initially, he was imprisoned in Italy but they extradited him to serve his sentence in his native country, in a luxury prison.
With your selection Robinho He scored 28 goals in one hundred games, including clashes in the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and the titles in the 2005 and 2009 Confederations Cups and the 2007 Copa América.
Triple world champion (2010, 2014 and 2022) and champion of the Copa Américas in 2007 and 2019 and the Confederations Cup in 2009 and 2013, Daniel Alves He was sentenced in February to four and a half years in prison for raping a young woman in a nightclub Barcelona in 2022.
A Spanish court on Wednesday authorized his release from prison after paying a bail of one million euroswhile the appeals against his sentence are resolved.
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