Zinedine Zidane is on the list of those named to replace coach Tite at the helm of the Brazilian national team, reported this Sunday 25, the French newspaper The group🇧🇷 “Zizou”, as he is also known, became a candidate for the vacant position because he is considered a modern coach. When he was in front of Real Madrid, he won the UEFA Champions League three times, the biggest club competition in the world.
Brazilian executioner
Zizou is known to Brazilian fans for having been Amarelinha’s executioner in two World Cups. In 1998 he led France to a 3-0 victory over Brazil in the final. In 2006 he was the protagonist of the 1-0 victory that eliminated the Brazilians in the quarter-finals.
Zizou was coach at only one team, Real Madrid, between 2016 and 2021. In the Spanish club he won three editions of the UEFA Champions League, the Spanish championship and the FIFA Club World Cup.
According to The group, other foreign coaches have the profile sought by the CBF, such as the Argentines Marcelo Gallardo, ex River Plate, and MaurÃcio Pochettino, ex Tottenham. The list would also include the German Thomas Tuchel, ex Chelsea, and the Spaniards Roberto MartÃnez and Rafa BenÃtez, ex Belgium and Liverpool.
end of the cycle
Tite confirmed his departure from the Brazil national team on 9 Decemberafter the match between Brazil and Croatia, which ended with the defeat of the five-time champions.
“End of cycle,” announced the coach. “I had already been wearing it for more than a year and a half. I’m not a two-word type. I didn’t play to win and then I acted to stay, anyone who knows me knows that.”
The coach went to the dressing room shortly after defender Marquinhos missed the kick that sealed the Brazilian’s elimination. Asked if he shouldn’t stay on the pitch, given that he’s the captain of the national team, Tite replied: “Perhaps I could, but surely the players know how proud I am of the work, of being together and of the commitment I have with the job I do. developed.”
lowest step
In an article published on Number 143 of the magazine west, Ana Paula Henkel states that Tite has descended to the lowest rung a professional can descend. According to the columnist, the coach abandoned “his battalion still trapped in the trenches by bloodshed, tears, frustration and sadness in the face of defeat”. As soon as the game was over, Tite left the field without welcoming the players.
