Brazil coach accuses Tunisia of trying to keep Neymar out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Tite, the coach of the Brazilian national football team, criticized the Tunisian national team player Dylan Brune for interfering with Neymar during the two teams' friendly match on Tuesday, claiming that "it was an attempt to keep the player (Neymar) out of the World Cup."
The Brazilian team concluded its friendly matches in preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, by defeating its Tunisian counterpart 5/1 yesterday evening, Tuesday, in the French capital, Paris.
Neymar participated in scoring Brazil's goals yesterday, scoring the third goal from a penalty kick, raising his score with the Brazilian national team to 75 goals.
But Neymar, the French striker for Paris Saint-Germain, was subjected to a strong intervention in the 42nd minute by Tunisian defender Dylan Brun, who received a red card and was sent off.
Although Tite praised the competitiveness in the match against the Tunisian national team, which is coached by Jalal Kadri, who had not been defeated in the previous seven matches, the Brazil coach expressed his displeasure over dealing with the star Neymar.
About the atmosphere of the match, Tite said that most of the fans in attendance were Tunisians, and added: “Sometimes, I was trying to locate our fans (in the stands).
This created an atmosphere of competitive play.”
"For the match on the field, we knew it would be competitive, but I didn't imagine what happened to Neymar.
It was an attempt to remove a player from the World Cup.”
He added: “We tried to play two matches with two teams qualified for the World Cup, because the requirements are very high in terms of physical, technical and mental aspects.
Tunisia has not suffered any defeat in the previous seven matches.
The Brazilian national team, which has been crowned the World Cup five times, maintained its unbeaten record in 15 consecutive matches, and the victory in yesterday's match was its seventh in a row.
The Brazilian national team will compete in the World Cup in Group G with Serbia, Switzerland and Cameroon.
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