Brazil coach Tite has accused Tunisia of attempting to take Neymar out of the World Cup with their overly bodily strategy in the direction of the ahead.
The Selecao received 5-1 within the pleasant in Paris, which additionally noticed Richarlison subjected to sickening racist abuse by the native crowd. Neymar scored from the penalty spot within the first half.
Tite’s facet really dedicated greater than twice as many fouls general (15), however Neymar was the sufferer of just about half (3) of Tunisia’s complete fouls (7) over the course of 90 minutes.
“On the pitch we knew it could be aggressive,” Tite mentioned, by way of Marca. “Honest, however I did not think about a scenario like what occurred with Neymar, which was an try to take a participant out of the World Cup. The way in which it was executed…I could not have imagined it.”
Neymar himself additionally expressed concern, even claiming it was harsh that he was proven a yellow card in the course of the match when one foul on him specifically went unpunished.
“It worries me, to be sincere. I’ve even spoken to Tite. I made a foul, my first one, and I acquired a yellow card. Within the second half I used to be fouled, reducing off a counter assault and he did not get a yellow. It is troublesome,” the PSG star defined.
“I do not perceive this stuff,” he added: “The World Cup began with this match [laughs]. The Tunisian gamers went a bit overboard with the followers, who have been loopy. That they had an ideal social gathering, however they overdid it slightly bit with their forcefulness.”
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