00:00Hello, Lance friends. On Wednesday, June 17th, Neymar finally took to the field to effectively train with the...
00:06athletes.
00:07He joined the rest of the group during the 15 minutes that the press had access to.
00:11He came in happily, looked at the reporters, and asked if we missed him. So, Ana?
00:16They miss us. That's what we heard Neymar say when he came on.
00:19He came in with Marquinhos, with Rafinha, he came in with his right foot, said a prayer, looked up at the sky,
00:25He entered the gauntlet of players from the national team and received that famous pat on the head from everyone.
00:32Those little taps.
00:33Those little taps.
00:33He took a little kick from Casimiro there.
00:36So, Neymar is happy, right? Completing another stage of his recovery.
00:42It's important to emphasize that the overview given by Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar on the 28th,
00:49One day after the MRI scan, it came true.
00:53Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar gave a timeframe of two to three weeks, and after three weeks, the system completed those three weeks.
00:58Neymar is back on the field, now doing transitional work.
01:02Bola has been cleared by the medical department, right?
01:05He needs to continue doing physiotherapy, and also do some things there to help heal the grade 2 calf injury that he has.
01:12he had.
01:13But the important thing is that he went out on the field, did a little run under the supervision of physical trainer Cristiano Nunes.
01:19Physical conditioning coordinator for the Brazilian national team.
01:22Then he started to get some touches on the ball as well, along with the physical trainer.
01:26And the final period that we saw there, of the 15 minutes that we had access to,
01:30He stayed in a small group with the other players from the national team and participated a little bit, joked around, kicked a ball around,
01:37He did some extra warm-up there.
01:39So, I think Neymar's preparation is starting there so he can return to the national team.
01:45But what are our expectations for this game?
01:47For this game, Dousão thinks he's not fit to play against Haiti.
01:51It must be related, it must travel up to now, after he went to the field.
01:54We were unsure whether he could travel or not, but he should travel.
01:58He should even, I think, stay on the bench in his cleats, maybe to give Haiti a little scare.
02:03The player, oh, Neymar is there, he appeared on the list.
02:06It gives the Haitian team a scare, but I think it's still difficult for them to play against us, right?
02:11Yeah, I also find it difficult to play.
02:12Remember that exactly today marks one month since Neymar suffered the injury in that 3-0 loss that Santos suffered against...
02:18Curitiba at Neo Química Arena.
02:21He hadn't trained with the ball since then, but he effectively returned to training with the ball today.
02:25So, I don't think it's reasonable that with today's training, Thursday's and Friday's,
02:30He should be effectively put in to play against Haiti.
02:34As Yanaka said, I do believe he will go with the delegation to Philadelphia.
02:39about a two-hour drive from here in Morinstal.
02:43He should be on the bench against Haiti; he's unlikely to get into the game.
02:47There's also a whole retraining period to go through, it's important to emphasize that.
02:51Neymar has returned to training with the ball, but that doesn't mean he's fit to play, right?
02:56He needs retraining, match rhythm, and he'll only get that by playing.
03:01But he needs to find his rhythm with his teammates.
03:03But now is the stage where Neymar is finally starting to get fit to return to the field.
03:09But this doesn't happen overnight.
03:12A prediction that we had already made, including after consulting medical experts,
03:16And what's becoming clear is that the best chance was for the match against Scotland.
03:20Who knows, maybe that's where the knockout stage begins.
03:23Remember that in this World Cup, the top two teams qualify.
03:26and eight of the best third-placed teams.
03:28So Brazil is definitely in the knockout stage, but we don't know exactly what position they'll be in.
03:33And there's another point too, it all depends a lot on the result, right?
03:36If Brazil plays very well against Haiti, they'll score a large victory.
03:39They managed to become the group leader there, based on goal difference.
03:43Therefore, I hardly think they would put Neymar, for example, to play against Scotland either.
03:48Because against Scotland, Brazil will go onto the field aiming for victory.
03:51to try for first place in the group.
03:53If the game is tougher, then Neymar is in a position to play, isn't he?
03:57It might be used suddenly, but if everything points towards classification,
04:02It's unlikely Neymar will be put on the field in the first phase.
04:04Very difficult.
04:06I think that's when he truly fulfills the entire planned schedule.
04:10medical recovery, physiotherapy recovery, physical recovery,
04:15ball training.
04:15So, I think that in the knockout stage, he's fit to play.
04:19and not have that relapse of that injury,
04:22Which was more serious than initially reported, right?
04:26Okay. The team is finishing training now at the end of the morning here at the training center.
04:30Early afternoon, interview with full-back Danilo.
04:33Tomorrow, Thursday, there will be another training session here at the training center.
04:37Friday morning also training at the training center.
04:39And then, right after that, it moves on to face about 100 kilometers.
04:42The distance from Morristown to Philadelphia.
04:45There's an addendum we can make here, great,
04:47from a report that Márcio Dousan did,
04:49Regarding the announcement of the starting lineup in the pre-match talk before the game against Morocco.
04:55What happens?
04:55This is not an uncommon habit among coaches.
04:57including among top coaches in European leagues.
05:02Dousan will explain it better in a moment.
05:04But what did we notice about Carlo Ancelotti here?
05:07Carlo Ancelotti has a game plan and he trains all the players in their specific positions.
05:12to achieve what he wants in his game model.
05:17So, yesterday, for example, he worked with many, many situations.
05:21He's messing with the reserve starters.
05:23He puts Luiz Henrique in, for example.
05:25Today I received information that he put Gabriel Martinelli in the left position.
05:29But are we going to speak like this, from the left side?
05:30Is he going to bench Vini Júnior so Martinelli can play?
05:32No.
05:33He is working with Martinelli in the same role that Martinelli works with Vini Júnior.
05:37For Martinelli, the moment he steps onto the field,
05:39He knows exactly what he has to do.
05:42He did the same thing with the full-backs before the game against Morocco.
05:46Ibanes trained, Danilo trained, Alexandro trained, Douglas Santos trained.
05:51So, what happens?
05:52He will decide who will play at game time.
05:54Will Danilo play? Will Alexandro play?
05:56And then he decides, he talks to the players during the pre-election process.
05:59But Dousano has some interesting information about coaches.
06:02and the moment when he reveals the lineup to some players.
06:05Douglas Santos spoke about this, that ANAC was commenting on it.
06:09which is a way for the entire cast to feel motivated.
06:12He doesn't know who will play, but Gabriel Martinelli knows, for example,
06:15He could be an option for Vini.
06:18So, the entire team gets motivated hours before the game.
06:20Antelot arrives and says, "Hey, you're going to play, you're going to play, you're going to play,
06:23But everyone is prepared.
06:24Regarding this, Didier Deschamps, the coach of the French national team,
06:27Since 2012, this is their fourth World Cup.
06:31It's one that, eventually, doesn't reveal the lineup to the players.
06:35out of fear of leaks to the press.
06:39Rabiot said this before the Euro 2024 semi-final.
06:43France ended up being eliminated by Spain.
06:45Rabiot spoke, yes, we know, sometimes, often, shortly before the game.
06:51Pep Guardiola, he's a fanatic, obsessed with tactical schemes.
06:57because all the pieces are in the right place.
06:59Detail-oriented, isn't he?
07:00Extremely detail-oriented.
07:01So, Kevin De Bruyne spoke about it in an interview in 2021.
07:04that, often, he would arrive to meet the cast and introduce himself,
07:07Oh, you're going to do it, we're going to play here, this way and everything.
07:11And then, at the end, he would ask, "Okay, but who's going to play?"
07:14Then Guardiola remembered that he hadn't revealed the starting lineup yet.
07:19And, another example, Hans Flick, from Barcelona, he has the habit,
07:23This is according to the newspaper Esporte da Cataluña,
07:27Hans Flick has a habit of approaching the players individually and talking,
07:30Oh, today you're going to play, I want you to do this, and that other one.
07:34He doesn't prepare the starting lineup for everyone.
07:36He goes to each person's ear and explains how he wants to play.
07:41So, this was because of one, it wasn't a controversy,
07:44But it was something unusual that many people thought,
07:46Wait, Antilote only announced the starting lineup to the team three hours before the game?
07:50Yes, it's not that uncommon when it gets lost.
07:52If I were a reserve player, I would tell Guardiola,
07:54I'm the starter, pick me, put me there.
07:56That's it, folks.
07:58We're going to Philadelphia now.
08:00We will bring you all the information in the next newsletters.
08:03Danilo will speak shortly, and the team plays Haiti in Philadelphia on Friday.
08:10The land of Rocky Balboa, and we'll be there to tell all those stories.
08:14And you know, World Cup and all the national team information is right here at Lance.
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