World Cup Russia 2018
Team Brazil has had turbulent years and healing those wounds from their semi-final against Germany at Brazil 2014.
But now, judging by the results and the performances of the team things seem to have changed since then. This team touches down in Sochi on Sunday and seems that all of that turbulence is in the past. Their coach, Tite has not had to perform any kind of magic to make A Selecao to be serious contenders once more by trying to make them five-time world champions. Their back on track has 5 reasons why Brazil may be champions again under Tite’s command.
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Here are the 5 reasons:
- Honest relationship
His authority is based on dialogue and a lot of fairness in his voice. Brazil’s players are praising him for his communication skills and plain speaking. Two things are pretty clear when it comes to his approach. No one is above anyone else in Tite’s squad and no one is immune to criticism. It has helped him to gain the respect and made him pretty much confident.
- An open door
The coach and his support staff have been traveling a lot and making several journeys to Europe so they can watch training sessions and matches, and most importantly of all to talk to the players. Thanks to the dialogue that they have, the players have been able to talk about which positions they feel most comfortable. Tite had also talked with their club coaches and has been gathering ideas.
- A well-oiled unit
What he has been preached, he has put into practice. Tite has turned A Selecao into a team and restored their standing. He believes that there is so much more to this unit than individual flair, because of the star players that Brazil has. There is a whole machine that is working well behind their performances.
- Correct decisions
Tite handed a start and a maiden cap to the 19-year-old Gabriel Jesus, who was an Olympic gold medalist at Rio 2016 in his first match in charge, against Ecuador in Quito. Thanks to that decision the teenager scored twice is a 3-0 that sparked the Brazilian revival. Casemiro was the next player that has been assigned to a holding midfield role, one he has performed ever since.
Giving the youth a chance doesn’t mean that he forgot and recalled some of the well-known names such as Marcelo and Thiago Silva.
- A solid base
Tite showed he was one step ahead of the reporters by stating that there was no-one in his squad who had picked themselves when he announced his final 23-man list for Russia. And he had only a couple of years so he can prepare A Selecao for Russia 2018. In Tite’s very first squad list is a fact that 15 members of the 23-man party at Russia 2018 reveal how consistent he has been in terms of team selection.
World Cup Russia 2018