SIPG coach Pereira claims Hulk lacks 鈥榬ight spirit鈥
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Shanghai SIPG coach Vitor Pereira said out-of-favor forward Hulk lacked the 鈥渞ight spirit鈥 after a spat that may have brought the Brazil international鈥檚 time at the club to a bad-tempered close.
Pereira dropped the powerfully built Hulk, 34, for the second straight game on Tuesday, a surprise 0-4 thrashing by already-eliminated Sydney FC in the AFC Champions League鈥檚 group phase.
It follows an exchange between the two after Hulk was subbed during last Wednesday鈥檚 0-1 loss to Yokohama F Marinos, when the Brazilian mouthed off at Pereira before storming out.
On Tuesday, Pereira was candid when asked about Hulk, a talisman for SIPG who has totted up 100 Chinese Super League appearances and captained it to the domestic title in 2018.
鈥淚 want the players with the right spirit to play,鈥 the Portuguese said. 鈥淭his is my decision (not to play him) and that is why he is not here.鈥
Hulk鈥檚 contract is up at the end of this year, and he posted what appeared to be a valedictory message after the coronavirus-delayed Chinese season.
The 48-cap Brazil international signed from Zenit St Petersburg in 2016.
On Monday, he posted a photo of himself in training on Chinese social media, with the caption: 鈥淧hysically I鈥檓 strong, but psychologically I鈥檓 even stronger.鈥
SIPG is through to the knockout phase in the ACL, which is being played in a bio-secure 鈥渂ubble鈥 in Doha, Qatar.
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