CBF National Teams Directorate has been present at all youth matches at Granja ComaryCredits: Rafael Ribeiro / CBF
The month of August has been special for the work of Brazil’s youth national teams, always in sync with the Senior National Team. International friendlies involving the Under-15, Under-17, and Under-20 sides, all broadcast on CBF TV, have filled the Granja Comary schedule, which has frequently welcomed the top leadership of the CBF National Teams Directorate.
For CBF Men’s National Teams general manager Cícero Souza, this period has proven highly productive and provides extra motivation for players, coaching staffs, and everyone who wants to see Brazilian football continue to develop.
“We believe that the more matches a player has played in their national team’s youth categories, the more confidence you will have in what he can deliver when he puts on the Senior National Team shirt, technically, tactically, and even behaviorally. So when you have the Under-20 coach watching the Under-17 match, and the Under-17 coach interacting with the Under-15 coach, you are already building a history of information that will be very useful down the road,” Cícero stressed.
“For us at the National Teams Directorate, being able to witness and understand whether the methodologies we have encouraged are actually being carried out, whether the terminology chosen for adoption is being used, whether the principles of play defined by all the coaching staffs, including Carlo Ancelotti, are being applied — all of this is vitally important. And that is why we came here, Rodrigo, Juan, me ... that is why we want to increasingly encourage interactions like these here at Granja and even outside of here,” Cícero continued, referring to CBF Men’s National Teams executive general coordinator Rodrigo Caetano and Senior National Team technical coordinator Juan Santos.
Cícero Souza, CBF Men’s National Teams general managerCredits: Disclosure / CBF
Talent development
Cícero Souza, in an interview with the CBF website on Thursday afternoon (20), gave more details about the Brazilian National Teams’ integration work.
“With the arrival of Paulo Victor (Under-20 head coach) and Lucas Andrade (assistant coach), completing our coaching staff in the Under-20 category, and about 10 months ago, with Guilherme Dalla Déa joining the Under-15 category, we were able to complete our roster of youth-category coaches. From that point on, by bringing Professor Carlo Ancelotti into the creation of a talent development program, we held a meeting here at Granja Comary in April this year with all the coaching staffs, performance analysts, goalkeeping coaches, assistant coaches, fitness coaches, and we built a values charter for Brazilian player developers,” Cícero said.
“It was a three-day immersion in which we also assessed what the main components should be that we wanted to see in the Under-20, Under-17, and Under-15 teams every time they took the field, and that would be important in preparing players for the Senior National Team. We defined principles of play, and the game behaviors that support those principles. We are building a collection of performance indicators so that we can make a truly concrete evaluation of this. Juan has been responsible for constant match review meetings with the coaching staffs in order to further develop and break down this work, and I believe this interaction is very important because it puts everyone on the same page and gives much more logic to player development,” the general manager added.
Cícero was at Granja Comary this Thursday to watch the Under-17 team’s 2-1 victory over Venezuela, accompanied by Rodrigo Caetano, Juan, Senior National Team goalkeeping coach Taffarel, and CBF youth national teams coordinator Branco. This Saturday (22), the Under-15 National Team will face Uruguay, and on Sunday (23), the Under-17 team will play Venezuela again. Both matches will kick off at 10 a.m. at Granja Comary.
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