'Villain': Brazil coach gone, hits back at critics

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Following an agonising punishment shootout decision to Croatia, Brazil manager Tite deed backmost astatine critics portion confirming helium volition measurement down arsenic manager of the South American team.

As the station mortem begins and endless finger-pointing takes place, the shot juggernauts look a daunting reality.

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Viewed arsenic 1 of the pre-tournament favourites successful Qatar, the Brazilians person present been eliminated successful the quarter-finals 4 times since lifting the trophy 20 years ago.

They besides again failed to bushed a European federation successful the knockout stages, which they haven't done since they bushed Germany successful the 2002 final.

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The extremity effect was adjacent tougher to swallow since they were starring Croatia 1-0 with conscionable 4 minutes remaining of other clip earlier an opportunistic antagonistic onslaught led to the Bruno Petkovic equaliser.

Further compounding the symptom was the information that superstar Neymar was not successful the opening 4 shooters for Brazil successful the punishment shootout, and ne'er got the accidental to marque his mark, having earlier equalled Pele's grounds of 77 goals for the Brazilian team.

Speaking aft the match, Tite was asked wherefore the PSG prima did not measurement up to instrumentality Brazil's 4th punishment alternatively of Marquinhos, who missed, with elimination looming.

"Because helium takes the 5th and decisive penalty," Tite explained.

"The subordinate with the astir prime and the close mentality steps up erstwhile determination is the astir pressure."

The nonaccomplishment to Croatia is conscionable Brazil's 2nd ever decision astatine a World Cup via punishment shootout, aft going down the aforesaid mode successful the quarter-finals to Mexico successful 1986.

Their grounds successful shootouts astatine World Cups sits astatine 3-2.

Despite being successful a presumption to spot retired the game, the departing manager unopen down claims determination was a deficiency of absorption connected defence successful the second stages of other time.

"I don't hold we were disorganised," said Tite erstwhile asked astir Croatia's precocious equaliser.

"We were defensive, we had players that enactment precocious unit astatine the front. We tried to clasp the crippled and we managed to adjacent the centre of the transportation but I recognize the symptom and each criticisms radical person towards my choices."

The 61-year-old Tite has been successful complaint since 2016 and made nary concealed that helium would permission the presumption aft the tourney successful Qatar, careless of the outcome.

In emblematic fashion, the exiting manager was philosophical successful the look of the defeat.

"I deliberation we request to beryllium acceptable to stock our joyousness and besides consenting to stock our sadness and I deliberation determination is simply a caller procreation of players that volition find spot successful adversity and I recognize I americium the astir liable one," added Tite.

"It is not astir being a villain oregon a hero, determination is nary specified happening successful sport. That is football, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.

"It's a achy decision but I'm astatine bid with myself, it's the extremity of the cycle," helium said.

"It was a full four-year process. Before it was a betterment process but present there's been a full sequence. I cannot marque an appraisal of the full rhythm but implicit clip you and different radical volition bash that."

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