Filed under: Dave Clarke, Soccer Coaching, Soccer Skills, Soccer Team Management | Tags: brazil, Everton, jo, manchester city, team spirit
It was interesting to see this week in the English Premier League that Brazilian Manchester City player Jo, on loan at Everton scored another two goals in Everton’s 4-0 thrashing of Wigan.
A cash-rich City payed £19m for him last July but he never played well until he came under the wing of David Moyes at Everton.
Turning up at the club after getting the cold shoulder from City was a great experience for Jo. Phil Neville took him under his wing and everyone made him feel welcome. Moyes has spoken about how Jo just needed some affection and that paid off handsomely with two goals on his debut.
Jo said: “I can see that people believe in me here and because of that I have started to believe in myself again.”
That from a professional imagine how a young player feels when he thinks no one in the team thinks him good enough to play. The whole feeling in your club should be of one big family.
If it works for a Brazilian international like Jo then it’s sure going to have some effect on children that turn up to your training sessions.
Watch him win a penalty for Everton… and was it a penalty? Tell me what you think by commenting below.
