All or Nothing: Brazil National Team

I had a director of Veranópolis, I didn't know his name.

Still don’t know. He sold fruit, there’s a lot of fruit there.

And his way of helping the club was

he donated fruit and vegetables to feed us.

And he didn’t know a lot about football, but he made an impression on me.

Because be it a good moment

or a bad moment, he would come to you,

he would come, stop by your side,

he had this way of looking into your eyes,

he didn’t know,

didn’t talk much about football, because he didn’t know much about it,

but he would say, "Corai."

Where’s the Italian guy? How's it, "be brave," in Italian?

In Italian it's "coraggio."

But for us in the Italian colony,

for me, we speak in a dialect, in the colony, "corai."

He wanted to say to me, "be brave."

Be brave.

Of all the attributes,

Of all that is needed to get on the field, to play, to perform,

to be mentally strong, whether we are winning, losing, or in a draw,

there is a basic requisite: being brave.

Being brave to make mistakes and to keep going, no matter what.

Be brave to get it right, and also keep going!

Be brave to get to 97 minutes and do your best work ever!

You can lose, but please, don’t ever be losers!

DAY OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM SUMMONS FOR COPA AMÉRICA

12 YEARS SINCE BRAZIL’S LAST TITLE IN COPA AMERICA

They always pick the same guys

they haven’t been playing well for a long time,

and yet they return. What good is that?

The result's the same.

I see people expecting a lot from the Brazilian national team.

There is a myth that people abandon the national team, here in Brazil.

That nobody cares. But that’s not true.

When you hear bad talk about your team, you speak up for it.

When people throw a rock at your national team,

you get a rock and throw it, too.

What’s up, Mr. Antonio?

What do you think about the team?

Me? I know nothing, my son. Same old, same old, man.

But the coach has to win this Copa América, or he’s out.

And you think the Copa America is some kind of benchmark? Are you crazy?

Losing the last world cup was really bad for Brazil.

I think that if we don’t win this Copa America at home,

Tite will be out.

It’s not that people don’t like the national team.

It's that the national team brings about joy and frustration at the same time.

That one guy that carries the team on his own,

we are past that. This won’t happen.

The success of the Brazilian national team in the Copa America

will depend a lot on the quality of the collective play.

The expectation is high, here, at CBF’s headquarters.

There are a lot of journalists here

as Tite is going to announce the list with the 23 summoned players.

We talk about process,

and we talk about results.

And we have to know precisely what it is.

Alisson, Ederson and Cássio.

Dani Alves, PSG. Arthur, Barcelona.

Gabriel Jesus. Neymar, PSG.

This was the hardest list I have ever made.

Our national team hasn’t won Copa America in 12 years.

Is Copa America the hardest tournament in your career?

Brazil has to win this Copa America at home...

Does the obligation to win Copa America worry or bother you?

Brazilians are used to entering competitions to win.

We are five-time World Cup champions.

We have to win every competition.

I know how much satisfaction a victory

and a team playing well can bring.

Because I was like that,

and I also root for some teams.

And I also root for the ones like this and who think of football like this.

Welcome to the final match of the Copa America.

And at the same time, I know that there is a process,

there is management, and steps,

and these steps build teams, so they can win.

It’s hard to be in front of the cameras and be totally transparent.

But if you are facing the journey of your dreams,

then face it bravely.

BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM

-Hello? -Go ahead, Alex, my friend!

Good afternoon, buddy!

Good afternoon to you and to everybody tuned on to Radio Teresopolis.

We’re here, right?

Are you excited for the Copa America?

BRAZILIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM TRAINING CENTER

Man, I think... We are a little disappointed

with the athletes representing Brazil in the national football team.

Man, you sound very disappointed, really sad.

-Yeah, man, I’m not really excited. -What is happening with your heart?

I think given their profiles, they should have a good third place.

Do you think Brazil’s gonna rank third?

Yeah. Third or fourth place.

Okay, then. You don't think Brazil can win the cup,

-even playing Copa America at home? -Yeah, I don't.

A good result now is really important

for the public to regain the desire to watch the team’s matches again.

A title now would be excellent, wouldn’t it, Washington?

Yes, it would. But on this first friendly game, we have to go well, right?

The match is against Qatar. They are champions of Asia,

but we have to show them, we have to win by far, or else we won’t get a head start.

How are you?

Gentlemen?

Good morning!

-It’s such a pleasure. -You okay? How’s it going?

Hey, all good?

-Tite. What's up? -Good morning. How are you?

We have summoned a lot of young and upcoming athletes,

ADENOR BACCHI "TITE" COACH

to show their talent,

To compete with the ones that were already here.

This created a great excitement.

There are the ones that were already in the last cup and now the new ones.

This was the hardest summons I’ve ever had to make,

because I gave an opportunity to eight younger players.

-Hey, what’s up? -How are you?

I missed you guys. What’s up, buddy?

Hey! My buddy!

-What’s up, friend? -What’s up, dude?

What are you feeling right now?

Oh, I have butterflies in my stomach.

I am a little anxious to start training.

But I’m also really happy, because being here is a unique experience, right?

And I hope the matches are soon,

because we need to be on the playing field,

and I want to play.

Thanks, brother.

Good morning!

How are you?

How are you? All right?

You are going to compete first time with the starter team, here, at home.

Just wearing this shirt is a privilege that few men have,

and to compete in a tournament this big at home...

We know how Brazilian fans are...

Lads.

Nineteen players have already arrived at Granja Comary

to train for the Copa America.

The group is almost complete.

To manage to personalize the exercises.

FÁBIO MAHSEREDJIAN FITNESS COACH

This is a great challenge.

First step is done.

Second step, the assessments, so we can customize

power, force and speed training.

And the third step is managing to balance these athletes

so they can all be in a physical condition

able to work with the coach

and give him everything he asks them.

How are you? I want to know how you're doing.

-No, seriously, or else, we try tomorrow. -I’m still at the airport.

I have three assessments to make.

The first is that machine there, you have done it once.

The knee machine?

You push, go back, push, go back.

The other one, that I don’t want to put you through today,

is on that board, to test your posterior muscles.

We’ll do that tomorrow. And the other one is the squatting test.

Yeah!

-Go! -That's it!

Go!

Go!

Two, go!

One, two, three, four, five, and back.

-This is the... -Right one.

Left femoral biceps.

-The left one. -Yeah.

And this is the right one.

-Okay. -Okay?

Okay, then at the top it is 160 to 596.

But I wanted to see the difference between them.

What we needed at that first moment,

RODRIGO LASMAR PHYSICIAN

was having a very clear assessment of the condition,

the fitness condition of each one of them,

so we could make a plan of intervention,

corrections, and treatments.

I am defending. Let me do this.

People think we come here to get paid,

THIAGO SILVA DEFENDER

that we get here, we play and then go back to our places.

They don’t know what really happens here, our daily routine

and how we relate to each other.

In my career,

I’ve had few experiences like this one on the national team.

It’s a foreign body, it’s behind the skin.

Then you start moving your knee, and it surfaces.

I put my hand on it and I could feel it.

-And now? -Not now.

-This one is already... -This one is better.

I recently had an injury, in a bizarre play.

It was shoulder to shoulder, I forced my knee a little bit,

and... I don’t think it was at that moment,

but probably a result of end of season, the straining, you know.

-Come on! -Go!

-Come on! -Strong pull.

Yes, go, come on! Come on! Harder, fuckin’ harder! Yes!

Go! Fuck, come on, fuck! Yes!

Kick!