Selecao: What is coach Tite planning at the 2018 World Cup?
(Baonghean.vn) - Although there are still 2 friendly matches against Croatia and Austria before going to Russia for the 2018 World Cup, coach Tite has already announced the list of 23 players participating in the biggest football festival on the planet. Tite also did not hide that Selecao will play a 4-3-3 formation, leaning towards attack.
Selecao under the leadership of coach Tite is the first team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, besides the host Russia. He is also the first coach to announce the list of the team that will go to Russia. In fact, 2 months ago, he made public the framework of 15/23 players.
This is considered a gamble by coach Tite, in the first major tournament he leads Brazil. At the 2018 World Cup, Brazil is in Group E with Costa Rica, Serbia and Switzerland. They will play their first match against Switzerland on June 17.
Premier League has 6 players
In the list just announced, Coach Tite called up 6 players who are playing in the Premier League. It is easy to see that the 4 faces who just won the Premier League 2017/2018 with Man City 5 rounds early are goalkeeper Ederson, Danilo, Fernandino and Jesus. The remaining two names also come from famous clubs: Roberto Firmino of Liverpool and Willian of Chelsea.
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| Coach Tite builds the playing style and then chooses suitable personnel. Photo: Internet |
Of course, Brazil's brightest star is still Neymar, who underwent foot surgery in early March. Most regrettably, Neymar's teammate at PSG, Dani Alves, is definitely absent due to a serious knee injury.
Alves has won all the medals except the World Cup gold medal, but injury has robbed this veteran of his last chance. Coach Tite has called up Danilo (Man City) and new faces Fagner (Corinthians), Pedro Geromel (Gremio) to replace this veteran.
The notable omission from Brazil's squad is Alex Sandro, one of the most complete left-backs in the game. Alex Sandro was a key player for Juventus, who won the 2017-18 Scudetto, their seventh consecutive Serie A title. He is said to be on his way to Manchester United. The two left-backs Tite has chosen for Russia are Real Madrid's Marcelo and Atletico's Luis Filipe.
Meanwhile, in the list of coach Tite's call-up is the appearance of the duo playing for Shaktar Donetsk - Fred and Taisson. These two players attracted great attention when they won the Ukrainian championship with Shaktar Donetsk and reached the 1/8 round of the Champions League. The Brazilian squad at the 2018 World Cup also has a player playing in China. That is the midfielder of Beijing Guoan, Renato Augusto.
In goal, Ederson will compete with Alisson Becker - the goalkeeper who just had a successful season with AS Roma. The third goalkeeper, Cassio, is playing domestically for Corinthians. So, except for unavoidable injuries, there will be no changes in the Selecao squad - one of the candidates for the 2018 World Cup title.
Choose the style of play first, then the personnel.
Coach Tite did not pick the best players and then try to assemble them, but he chose Brazil's style of play and then looked for suitable players. It is not difficult to see why Man City were given 4 players and Juve left-back Alex Sandro was left out.
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| Brazil's attack at the 2018 World Cup is very strong. Photo: Internet |
Both Marcelo and Alex Sandro are better attacking full-backs than defensive ones, so he only chose one and of course the Real player was the number 1 choice. When he needed to strengthen the defense, Filipe Luis (Atletico) would come on.
The three players Cassio, Fagner, Augusto are all controversial in Brazil for the same reason, they worked with Tite when he led Corinthians and understood him very well, of course gaining his trust. Corinthians under Tite won 2 national championships, 1 Copa Libertadores and 1 FIFA Club World Cup and all three are the backbone of this squad.
Fred and Taison are playing very well for Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine - they are at the top of the table, far ahead of Dynamo Kyiv. The style of play of a small club like Shakhtar Donetsk is very difficult for the opponent to predict, a necessary tactic when Brazil is stuck or needs to innovate when going deep.
Brazil squad for World Cup 2018:
Goalkeeper:Alisson (Rome), Ederson (Man City), Cassio (Corinthians).
Defender:Danilo (Man City), Fagner (Corinthians), Marcelo (Real), Filipe Luis (Atletico), Thiago Silva, Marquinhos (PSG), Miranda (Inter), Pedro Geromel (Gremio).
Midfielder:Casemiro (Real), Fernandinho (Man City), Paulinho (Barca), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk), Renato Augusto (Beijing Guoan), Philippe Coutinho (Barca), Willian (Chelsea), Douglas Costa (Juventus).
Forward:Neymar (PSG), Taison (Shakhtar Donetsk), Gabriel Jesus (Man City), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool).