Dorival Júnior was satisfied with Brazil's hard-fought victory over Ecuador

The Brazil national team The team resumed its South American qualifying action with an important victory against Ecuador (1-0) in which the Canarinha suffered a little more than expected to be able to meet the objective of leaving the three points at home.

Brazilian coach Dorival Júnior was satisfied with the result despite the difficulties Brazil had in winning thanks to a solitary goal from the Real Madrid striker. Rodrygo Goes (m.30) which allowed his team to climb one position in the classification table.

“We cannot forget what was happening with our team. We must remember that we had four negative results in the qualifiers (one draw and three defeats)”commented the coach who highlighted: “The important thing was to win, regardless of how it was achieved”.

“It was a very difficult match against a team that had a great Copa America and was only eliminated from the competition in the quarter-finals on penalties by Argentina, who ended up being the champion.”added Dorival Júnior in the press conference after Friday’s match.

The Amazonian coach continued to highlight the level shown by his rival but also stressed that Brazil maintained control of the match for a good part of the time after having taken the lead on the scoreboard and that at no time was the victory in danger.

“The opponent was very competent, but we were never in danger. We were not attacked, except for a fortuitous play in the last minutes of the first half. Apart from the ball control they had at times, Ecuador did not create any clear goal-scoring opportunities.”he assured.

On the right track

Despite not having the desired performance in the last Copa América 2024, which marked Dorival Júnior’s first major challenge with the Brazilian National Team, the coach assured that after the victory over Ecuador (1-0) in the South American qualifiers he feels that they are on the right path.

“I think we are on the right track. We have to be patient. Adjustments don’t happen overnight,” said the coach of the Brazilian team, which after the victory against the Ecuadorians climbed to fourth place in the classification table on the road to the 2026 World Cup.

Now, the five-time world champion has a record of three wins, one draw and three losses for a total of 10 points, still quite far from the leader, Argentina (18). Their next rival will be Paraguay in a visit to Defensores del Chaco for the eighth date of the calendar.

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