Romário: ‘CBF have failed Neymar and Brazil’

  The iconic striker says the organisation is only interested in making money and is thus responsible for the “disintegration” of the Brazilian game. Romário has accused the Brazilian Football Confederation of ruining the country’s proud footballing heritage and claimed that the governing body have not only failed Seleção captain Neymar but the national team […]
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2015-06-30 17:46:00

 

The iconic striker says the organisation is only interested in making money and is thus responsible for the “disintegration" of the Brazilian game.
Romário has accused the Brazilian Football Confederation of ruining the country"s proud footballing heritage and claimed that the governing body have not only failed Seleção captain Neymar but the national team as a whole. He was quoted in SPORT: “I do not need to talk much about the shame that we have suffered in seeing our Seleção struggle on the field. But the problem goes far beyond the pitch. The disintegration of our football is happening at all levels and stems from the CBF. In recent years, they have only thought of their own pockets and continue sucking everything they can. Football has survived until now because of the talent on the field. Brazil had enough players to build two great teams, but today they cannot even make one. This is a reflection of the lack of investment and management [by the CBF]."
He continued: “If there had been leaders in Chile, Neymar most likely would not have had such a hard punishment. He had to have a strong legal support to ensure that the punishment was milder. Neymar is the star of Brazil and will now miss the first two games of the qualifying for World Cup 2018."

The iconic striker says the organisation is only interested in making money and is thus responsible for the “disintegration" of the Brazilian game.

Romário has accused the Brazilian Football Confederation of ruining the country"s proud footballing heritage and claimed that the governing body have not only failed Seleção captain Neymar but the national team as a whole. He was quoted in SPORT: “I do not need to talk much about the shame that we have suffered in seeing our Seleção struggle on the field. But the problem goes far beyond the pitch. The disintegration of our football is happening at all levels and stems from the CBF. In recent years, they have only thought of their own pockets and continue sucking everything they can. Football has survived until now because of the talent on the field. Brazil had enough players to build two great teams, but today they cannot even make one. This is a reflection of the lack of investment and management [by the CBF]."

He continued: “If there had been leaders in Chile, Neymar most likely would not have had such a hard punishment. He had to have a strong legal support to ensure that the punishment was milder. Neymar is the star of Brazil and will now miss the first two games of the qualifying for World Cup 2018."