Faced with the controversy arising from the decision to enlist an almost forty-year-old to defend the Brazilian team for the Qatar World Cup, the Brazilian coach Tite wanted to clarify his position on the subject at a press conference. ” Daniel Alves’ criteria are the same for everyone, explained what Tuesday announced a list of 26 players. They reward the individual technical quality, the physical aspect and the mental aspect. Just like the other players. Some with one or the other quality in addition. “
After that Tite went into more detail. “As Brazil play with wings, our full-backs will not play on the wing,” said the Seleçao manager. They will not attack the full backs. We will have full backs participating in the construction of the game and the technical quality that Daniel Alves brings to the team in this regard is impressive. He has the technical qualities to participate in the construction, to be an attacking midfielder. He won’t be a player 70 meters ahead, 70 meters behind … “
Summoned to justify himself in front of the Brazilian press and social media, rather unfavorable to the choice of the Pumas UNAM de Mexico player, Tite, in front of the microphone and the cameras, went there with his “not politically correct” verse: “I’m not don’t come here to please people who are on Twitter, on social networks, who express themselves there. It is an audience of which I don’t know what percentage of the Brazilian people it represents. I respect divergent opinions. I’m not here to convince everyone. I don’t have this statement. I do not want it. I just want to bring informative and truthful data, so that people can do their own analyzes and form their own opinion. “
