It is true that Brazil is virtually classified and this Thursday, when I receive Colombia in the Arena San Pablo, you can also mathematically seal the passage to Qatar 2022. But although their presence in the next World Cup is not at risk, it is strange that indoors they begin to imagine scenarios in case they get to be world champions for the sixth time.
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With a year to go before the World Cup begins, the Brazilian media affirm that Tite made a drastic decision if he can celebrate in Asian lands. And it is not only a sports determination, but it is a declaration of principles on the part of the Verdeamarela coach, who does not want to make old mistakes.
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NO PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
It will be confidence or caution, but Tite is sure that if he succeeds in converting to Brazil in the sixteenth world champion will not go to Brasilia, the administrative and political capital, to take a photo with President Jair Bolsonaro. This is stated by the prestigious Globo Esporte medium, which ensures that the technical director called this decision “non-negotiable.”
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There are different edges and versions in this regard, but the tangible thing is that the Canarinha coach does not want his image to be used in an electoral year in Brazil. He fears that, in the midst of the political disputes between Bolsonaro and the opposition, with Lula at the helm, he will remain in the middle and be related to the current government.
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The ceremony is normal for all national teams that achieve an important title and return to their countries: all governments, with their president as the maximum exponent, they receive the champions in the presidential house and congratulate them on the objective achieved.
An affectionate hug between the two of you. EFE
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In fact, in the five times that Brazil won the world title, the winning teams were entertained by the presidents on duty at every opportunity. In 1958, it was Juscelino Kubitschek who was in the government and was in charge of receiving the first champion Brazil, after the achievement in Sweden. Four years later Verdeamarela repeated the title and was received by João Goulart.
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In 1970 Emilio Médici recognized the work of the champions in Mexico, as well as in 1994 Itamar Franco who congratulated the winners of the World Cup that was played in the United States. Following the joy in Korea and Japan 2002, Fernando Henrique Cardoso it also hosted the champions. This would be the first time that a Brazilian team does not have the photo with the president.
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The antecedent that Globo Esporte marks is that Tite, already a coach during the Russia World Cup In 2018, he had also told his intimates that if they won the Cup they would not go to greet Michel Temer, who at the time was the country’s president after Dilma Rousseff, who had been elected, was removed from office. Temer, as vice president, assumed the presidency.
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THE BACKGROUND
Just as that time the special moment of Brazilian politics resulted in the DT not going to greet the acting president – strongly criticized and with low popularity among Dilma’s followers -, now Tite considers that the polarization that exists in the country does not generate the favorable climate for that hypothetical encounter either.
Tite with Bolsonaro, at the 2019 Copa América award ceremony. EFE
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In addition, Tite suffered firsthand that his photo was used in a moment of very high visibility. In 2012, after becoming champion of the Club World Cup with Corinthians, was received by Lula in the presidency and many took the image as a sign of support for the coach, who is trying to get away from politics.
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It has manifested itself against certain measures adopted by the current Brazilian government, especially when Bolsonaro decided that the last Copa América be played in the country, in the midst of a very high number of infections. The president’s son came to tell him Lula’s “hypocrite and” ass kisser for those statements.
