Sporting de Braga coach Artur Jorge was very concerned about the mental health of footballers on Tuesday and pointed the finger at criticism on social media online.
Abel Ruiz was the target of criticism for missing an obvious opportunity towards the end of the 1-1 win over Vitoria de Guimaraes on Saturday, which should have been Braga’s second and “killed” the match, and the manager has come out in defence. a Spanish striker who has scored just two goals this season (one in the league, the other in the Champions qualifiers).
“We have problems [no futebol] which is associated with short memory and mental health of each of us. We can’t demand and demand from Abel [Ruiz]who was the saddest, we know that these are the moments that determine the difference between victory and failure, but we must remember when Abel was important to us, this year, the year before and in those years when he was not a coach teams. We cannot make judgments based on movement, which often happens in football and often the situation gets out of control,” he told a press conference ahead of Wednesday’s trip to Benfica’s stronghold for the championship round of the 16th Cup. Portugal football.
For Arthur Jorge, “not everything matters” because we are “talking about men, heads of families, who try their best and work for the team.”
“My confidence in Abel is 100 percent, 200 percent, if you want, and that was already here with Banza. I know what he can do and what qualities he has, and I don’t put the good game he played down to a loss.” , which we know ended the game,” he said.
The coach believes that the players have mental health problems.
“There’s not a lot of talk about it, there’s not a lot of openness about it, but we’re seeing more and more cases like this and I have no doubt that they exist, and that’s the mental health of players. We don’t talk about this. and we bury our heads in the sand to move forward. We live in the Wild West, but guns are behind the computer, on social media, and that really worries me. I have a huge amount of work. I do this with my players, often individually, and feel their discomfort. The sanity of the players affects their performance and performance,” he said.
It is important for a coach to have a “healthy body and a healthy mind to get the most out of players, but sometimes this is not possible because of the way they are bombarded, judged and criticized.”
“This is not the best way to protect those who are one of ours,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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