There are some things in Brazilian football that are truly inexplicable...
These players are professional athletes, they have at their disposal a structure of professionals: doctors, physiologists, psychologists, physical trainers, nutritionists, masseuses... they have a club with good equipment, a balanced diet... and they train almost every day .... and to take care of personal problems they have businessmen, maids, nannies and everything that any ordinary person would like to have... and EVEN THEN THEY MAKE RIDICULOUS MISTAKES. I will never understand
Football players are paid very well for this, with millionaire salaries, which generates an interesting debate, has the quality of brazilian players fallen or is it falling with each passing day? Are they having too many perks and that’s why they’re so relaxed?
Is it all worth the money? Take this example, Lucas Paquetá, a West Ham player, is being investigated by the English Federation on suspicion of sports betting manipulation.
According to the investigation, it is estimated that around 60 people bet that the Brazilian midfielder would be warned by the referee in one or more of these games.
https://blogdotorcedor.ne10.uol.com.br/ultimas/2024/06/06/por-que-o-caso-de-lucas-paqueta-e-grave-pode-nunca-mais-jogar-confira.htmlIf are looking for certainty about things like this, I think it will be difficult because if it is about money then it is clear that the players get paid quite lot, if it is about satisfaction and lifestyle then that is also not the right reason considering the facilities provided by each team are more than Enough.
I think there are other things that cause players to make quite fatal mistakes, but it is not clear what the main reasons are that make players make mistakes that actually experience significant decline in performance.
Problems experienced by Brazilian players not only happen occasionally but have also happened several times before and this is very unfortunate because Brazil itself is actually country that has produced many great players, in fact they have many potential young players every year.
If learn from mistakes that have happened several times, it should give fear, but basically it is difficult to stop it and most players now act stupidly, risking their careers.