Rio de Janeiro, July 25 (BNA): Brazil coach Tite is thrilled with the rise of the young players who rose to stardom in European football last season and will be available for the national team in November when his team strives to win a record. Extension of the sixth World Cup in Qatar.
The new generation of talent includes Real Madrid’s Champions League stars Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, Ravenha, new Tottenham Hotspur striker, Richarlison, multi-purpose Newcastle United midfielder, Anthony Guimaraes, exciting Ajax Amsterdam winger, and powerful Atletico Madrid striker Matthews Kona among others. . .
All of these players are aged 25 or younger and are already part of the global elite, which Tite believes will ease the pressure on Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar, 30, who has carried the burden as the Brazilian star of his generation throughout his football career. reports.
“I have this feeling that the arrival of these young players will be beneficial for Neymar on and off the field,” Tite told Reuters in an interview. He revealed that his main player was excited about his new teammates.
“That day Neymar looked at me and said, ‘Coach, these kids are coming in, it’s just crazy… what a good headache to try to put them all on the field.’” He laughed.
“When you have other players with great technical potential, you share the burden and the interest of our competitors who will now have to choose where to focus their defensive tasks.”
Tite said he expected Neymar to be used in a more central role that would allow him to unleash the young Brazilian players at the front and adopt a “hybrid system”.
With teams of up to 26 players and five substitutes at the World Cup in Qatar working for him, Tite wants to make sure his team has fresh legs that are more unpredictable.
Tite explained: “Neymar has evolved into a more creative role, a key goalkeeper, builder and finisher, but the trash is in the back.
“Football is fast and relentless at the moment and we will face many opponents who will come close with a five-man defensive front.
“Neymar has often been a duo. Now if you do that, you will open up space for other players that can be crucial and important for our team. We are in a good place now.”
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After his side were knocked out of the 2018 World Cup by Belgium in a heartbreaking 2-1 quarter-final loss, Tite will be the first coach to coach Brazil in back-to-back tournaments since Tele Santana in 1982 and 1986.
The 61-year-old is confident he is a better coach now than he was in Russia four years ago, and that the experience of living in the World Cup will free him and his crew from many distractions.
“Performance is fundamental. It is basic and we have it. But the most difficult aspect of the World Cup is the mental aspect,” Tite said.
He added that the pressure will be the same as in Russia, but he sees that the new generation of players is coming by dealing very well with the responsibility of wearing the colors of Brazil.
“The experience is basically practical. You need to live the theory to really understand it. We carry a little bit of the heritage of Brazil,” Tite said.
“These kids have been working for years in Brazil U-20s. They won the Olympic gold in Tokyo, they have a very competitive mentality and their heads are in the right place.
“Their appearance in the elite is very high so they see the weight of the responsibility to play for Brazil in a natural way. The pressure is there, but they are better prepared.”