Juninho Paulista, former player of Atlético de Madrid and Brazilian team coordinator, has passed through the microphones of ‘El Larguero’ from Cadena SER to talk about the situation of the Brazilian players of Real Madrid (Casemiro, Vinicius, Militao and Rodrygo) who will go with the Rio de Janeiro team in the South American Qualifiers.
Release Madrid players if they win the first match: “We are not going to release the players. The players have to be with us until the end of the FIFA period, on February 2. What there is is a conversation and it depends on how they play the first game to be able to discuss whether they play or not the second. They’ll be with us until the end. We’re not willing to release them. We can’t set a precedent. We’ve had requests from other clubs. We only have a few days with the players.
Exception: “We can’t, it’s not that we don’t want to, open an exception when we call up the players and release them from one game to another. In Tite’s management it has never happened. That is not the situation, we understand the situation of the club. It has only past due to the pandemic. Theoretically, there was no January date. It is a situation that forced us to do “.
Madrid’s request: “We have a very good relationship with the clubs. We always talk cordially. Tite has explained the situation to Ancelotti”.
Talk to the players: “I suppose that Tite has spoken with them and has made the situation very clear.”
Words with Madrid: “It was in a good tone. They understood our situation and I think they have had no problems.”
South America Qualifiers: “The October date has been canceled and we only have one week to prepare for the World Cup. There is only one week for Tite to be with the players and feel how they are doing. The clubs understand that. I also spoke with Leonardo and the English clubs in other times with the same problems. We did it so that they understand us and that when we can do it, we will do it”.
Vinicius, titular with Tite: “He’s improving every day. It’s been like that at Madrid. Now he’s been playing very well for a while.”
Neymar and Vinicius together in Brazil: “The two can play together. Vinicius shows his quality at Madrid and is beginning to show it in the national team now. Like Coutinho or Paquetá they can also play together.”
Cunha: “He is gaining space. It has been like this since the Olympic Games where he played very well. We always watch the players. He is in a time of adaptation in Madrid and he is doing well”.
