Dorival Júnior: "Brazil was greatly hurt"

Santa Clara (US), July 2 (EFE).- The Brazilian coach, Dorival Júnior, harshly criticized this Tuesday the refereeing of Venezuelan Jesús Valenzuela, after the 1-1 draw against Colombia that sent them to play against Uruguay in the quarterfinals of the Copa América.

STATEMENTS BY DORIVAL JUNIOR, BRAZIL COACH:

Look, I don't know if it's Valenzuela's interference, but at that moment it would have been 2-0, with the speed we have and the team we have, regardless of things not going our way at that moment, a 2-0 result is very different from a 1-0 result. Then we conceded a tie. So for me it was decisive, not least because inside the stadium, perhaps only he and the Var team didn't see that there was a penalty. Brazil has certainly been badly hurt once again. I think we have to be very realistic. It wasn't something that any of us created and I have no doubt that with a slightly better result, the match would have gone completely differently, not least because the Colombian team would necessarily have had to expose themselves a little more. And even with a mistake at that moment, we might have been able to take advantage of a situation that we know how to play like no one else, which is precisely having transitions facilitated by the speed and technique of our team.

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