The coach of the Brazilian national football team, Tite, responded to previous statements by the star of France and Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappe, regarding the superiority of European football over the ball in South America.
Last May, the World Cup winner with France in 2018, in response to a question regarding the most prominent candidates to win the World Cup in Qatar at the end of this year, said: “The advantage that we Europeans have is that we always face each other, and we have high-level matches such as the Nations League on for example”.
“We arrive at the World Cup ready, while Brazil and Argentina do not face this level of competition in South America, football is not as developed as in Europe, which is why the modern world champions were European.”
In an interview Tuesday with ESPN Brasil, Tite responded to these comments, stressing that the competition in South America is very difficult.
“(Mbappe) may be talking regarding these matches in the Nations League or European friendlies, but not the World Cup qualifiers,” he said, referring to the challenges faced by teams in South America, especially playing at high altitudes in Bolivia and the high temperatures and facing strong teams such as Uruguay. .
“Sorry, but we don’t have Azerbaijan to confront it,” he added. No competitor makes it easy for you. The qualifiers here have a much higher degree of difficulty than the group stage” in the European qualifiers.
Since Brazil won the 2002 World Cup, four European teams have won the title in the last four editions.
