Brazilian coach Adenor Leonardo Bacchi ‘Tite’ said on Wednesday that the cancellation of the friendly ‘canarinha’ will play on June 11 with Argentina in Melbourne (Australia) and the impossibility of agreeing matches against the European teams are hurting. his preparations for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Tite clarified his dissatisfaction with Brazil’s inability to schedule friendships with teams of high technical quality at the press conference he gave to express the call for matches against South Korea in June 2 and Japan on June 6, the first preparatory friendly of ‘canarinha. for the World Cup.
For the FIFA window in June, Brazil scheduled a third warm-up friendly for Qatar, against Argentina on 11th in Melbourne, Australia, but the match was canceled due to commercial problems.
A friendly against an African rival, the solution
The technical coordinator of the national team, Juninho Paulista, said the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) was trying to agree a new friendship with another rival on that date, but that, because of the impossibility of being a European opponent, it is likely that Brazil will be measured in some teams in Africa.
“I have an opinion about that, but I don’t want to say it publicly. I have discussed it with the leaders of the Confederation and I don’t want to comment on that matter here,” Tite said, making clear his dissatisfaction and frustration. us that this situation is detrimental to the preparation for the World Cup.
The organizing company is in contact with the cancellation
“Pitch, the company in talks with team friends, informed us on Tuesday about the cancellation of the match against Argentina. All the logistics are ready for that match. But now we consider it important to search of another rival that will take advantage of the FIFA window and we will most likely face an African team in Europe, ”Juninho said.
The leader added that the frustration was not about dealing with Argentina in a friendly manner or not, but because all the logistics and planning that Brazil had prepared for a commitment he considered important in his preparation were gone.
Confirmed friendship against Japan and South Korea
Juninho confirmed that, since teams in Europe and North America are focused on competitions in June, Brazil can only negotiate a friendship for that date with Asian and African teams, but that, because there is that they have friendships scheduled in Japan and Korea, the only option is to search for a team from Africa.
“Real circumstances don’t allow us to have a perfectly friendly match. Our reality is that we can’t prepare ourselves against rivals with a high technical level,” said Tite, who complained to others. ‘t later the Brazilian Confederation did not negotiate matches with high-level teams in Europe. .
“Just as Argentina will face Italy in the match between the American and European champions, we tried hard to play a friendly game with the European runner-up (England), but we couldn’t. We tried everything alternatives, all of them, but we haven’t found a rival in Europe, ”Tite added.
The coach said the ideal is for Brazil to be able to prepare for the World Cup in Qatar with matches against high-level teams like Italy, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany or Spain, but that, due to the fact remains , “The choice is to find the (African) who is best placed in the standings for that matchup”.
After the friendships in June, Brazil will have a new and final chance to prepare for the World Cup in September, in a new FIFA window, where they will likely face Argentina and Mexico, before making their debut in Qatar in November 24 against Serbia. .
The official Brazil-Argentina pending, in September?
Juninho said he would review the resolution released by FIFA this week and force Argentina and Brazil to play the qualifying match with the South American that remained pending, after being suspended in September just four minutes after it began, to determine when and where it goes. possible to play.
He admitted, however, that such a match could be played in the September window, perhaps in North America to take advantage of the friendship negotiations with Brazil for the same month in Mexico.
Source: La Verdad
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