DOHA: All questions for Brazil at the eve in their quarterfinal towards Croatia revolved round dance. There had been a couple of references to ‘disrespect’, which made the avuncular Tite grimace a bit, however differently he gave the impression to very much revel in parrying questions at the concept of dance since it could allow him to invoke Brazilian id and their way of living.
If, at the eve of 1 / 4 ultimate towards a group that had brought about the primary tremor of their World Cup at house, an ignominious and temporarily brushed below personal function within the 2014 opener, are about to bop, then Tite has the perfect process in international soccer . To assume, they’re right here in Qatar chasing a global name that has eluded them for 20 years, the final one coming in 2002.
“Hey, these are like my grandchildren, almost, ones who truly know me,” Tite, hair-slicked again, eyes probing, pouring simple knowledge like some family elder in Nineteen Fifties post-independent India, would say with fun. “I have a connection with the younger generation. I enjoy being with them, so if they want to include me in their plans, if I have to dance I will dance, although I will do so subtly and I asked them to hide me. It is not my way.
“I’ll use a metaphor,” defined Tite, “When you make a painting, the ink that you use, that is the athlete. In the end, the final painting is the athletes. In that sense, we are all contributors.”
“This is not my national team. It is the Brazilian national team for which I have responsibility as coach,” Tite said, “I am sorry for people who don’t know the history and culture of Brazil and our way of being.”
Contrast this to Zlatko Dalic, his opposite number in Friday’s quarterfinal. “Nice to watch,” the Croatian trainer would say, “But I would not like to see my players doing it.”
“This is Brazilian identity. It’s not myself, or from me. It’s been going on for ages,” Tite would continue to defend his team’s goal dance, when not telling us whether it would be Danilo or Alex Sandro who would be available against the pace of Ivan Perisic and the guile of Luka Modric on Friday. What he wouldn’t tell the world, that it could be Danilo given Perisic’s threat along the wing and his willingness to cut in.
The other question around the Brazilian circle of life was that of the circle of life. We wish Pele much health,” Tite would say in reverence. “The World Cup and Brazil’s performance is one vehicle for us to show that.”
“The World Cup has shown solidarity, living in harmony, accepting differences. That’s what Pele has always shown as a human being, also, as the greatest of all time.
Croatia seemed the farthest away from Tite’s mind, or he was simply not showing it. He allowed Kleber, his assistant, to do the breakdowns, even nudging him once, with a “Kleber, be careful, don’t reveal too much.”
“Croatia is very resilient,” they would say, “Brazil could have had a fitness advantage.”
“We are lucky to have Ricardo Gomez giving us information on Croatian resilience. Our modus operandi is that we increase and reduce the intensity of the game. See, they are 30 somethings, we want to score early.”
The Croats, Dalic and Luka Modric, for their part, approached this with typical professional caution. “Ours is a new national team, so I do believe it is a great opportunity. The one in 2018 was a more prestigious team,” Dalic would say.
“We have played them and we haven’t won, maybe we can buck the trend. They are all great players and we have to have a very high tempo to keep them under control. We have to destroy, we cannot let them go out of our sight.
“You beat Messi in 2018 and there’s Neymar now, how do you see that,” Modric was asked.
“These are not similar matches. It’s a different match, we must apply the same recipe. Messi didn’t have support (in 2018), but Neymar has, this time.
“Brazil are the favourites, that goes without saying … but favorites can also lose,” the wily outdated fox, disguised as Croatia’s No 10, would say.
If, at the eve of 1 / 4 ultimate towards a group that had brought about the primary tremor of their World Cup at house, an ignominious and temporarily brushed below personal function within the 2014 opener, are about to bop, then Tite has the perfect process in international soccer . To assume, they’re right here in Qatar chasing a global name that has eluded them for 20 years, the final one coming in 2002.
“Hey, these are like my grandchildren, almost, ones who truly know me,” Tite, hair-slicked again, eyes probing, pouring simple knowledge like some family elder in Nineteen Fifties post-independent India, would say with fun. “I have a connection with the younger generation. I enjoy being with them, so if they want to include me in their plans, if I have to dance I will dance, although I will do so subtly and I asked them to hide me. It is not my way.
“I’ll use a metaphor,” defined Tite, “When you make a painting, the ink that you use, that is the athlete. In the end, the final painting is the athletes. In that sense, we are all contributors.”
“This is not my national team. It is the Brazilian national team for which I have responsibility as coach,” Tite said, “I am sorry for people who don’t know the history and culture of Brazil and our way of being.”
Contrast this to Zlatko Dalic, his opposite number in Friday’s quarterfinal. “Nice to watch,” the Croatian trainer would say, “But I would not like to see my players doing it.”
“This is Brazilian identity. It’s not myself, or from me. It’s been going on for ages,” Tite would continue to defend his team’s goal dance, when not telling us whether it would be Danilo or Alex Sandro who would be available against the pace of Ivan Perisic and the guile of Luka Modric on Friday. What he wouldn’t tell the world, that it could be Danilo given Perisic’s threat along the wing and his willingness to cut in.
The other question around the Brazilian circle of life was that of the circle of life. We wish Pele much health,” Tite would say in reverence. “The World Cup and Brazil’s performance is one vehicle for us to show that.”
“The World Cup has shown solidarity, living in harmony, accepting differences. That’s what Pele has always shown as a human being, also, as the greatest of all time.
Croatia seemed the farthest away from Tite’s mind, or he was simply not showing it. He allowed Kleber, his assistant, to do the breakdowns, even nudging him once, with a “Kleber, be careful, don’t reveal too much.”
“Croatia is very resilient,” they would say, “Brazil could have had a fitness advantage.”
“We are lucky to have Ricardo Gomez giving us information on Croatian resilience. Our modus operandi is that we increase and reduce the intensity of the game. See, they are 30 somethings, we want to score early.”
The Croats, Dalic and Luka Modric, for their part, approached this with typical professional caution. “Ours is a new national team, so I do believe it is a great opportunity. The one in 2018 was a more prestigious team,” Dalic would say.
“We have played them and we haven’t won, maybe we can buck the trend. They are all great players and we have to have a very high tempo to keep them under control. We have to destroy, we cannot let them go out of our sight.
“You beat Messi in 2018 and there’s Neymar now, how do you see that,” Modric was asked.
“These are not similar matches. It’s a different match, we must apply the same recipe. Messi didn’t have support (in 2018), but Neymar has, this time.
“Brazil are the favourites, that goes without saying … but favorites can also lose,” the wily outdated fox, disguised as Croatia’s No 10, would say.