Brazil‘s emphatic and spectacular 5-1 win over Tunisia was anything but a friendly.
Brazil experienced a very tough atmosphere on the pitch at the Parc des Princes with plenty of fouls of their star players
There was also trouble in the stands, with rival fans maintaining an intolerable attitude, from the whistling of the Brazil anthem to the targeting of Neymar with lasers and the banana thrown in celebration of Richarlison‘s goal.
All this was pointed out by Tite at the press conference: “There was a Tunisian majority. At various times I tried to find some of our fans but they were diluted. That created an atmosphere of a competitive match,” he said.
“On the pitch we knew it would be competitive, fair, but I didn’t imagine a situation like what happened with Neymar, which was an attempt to take a player out of the World Cup. The way it was done…, I couldn’t have imagined it.
The protagonist, Neymar, also spoke out.
“It worries me, to be honest,” Neymar said. “I’ve even spoken to Tite. I made a foul, my first one, and I got a yellow card.
“In the second half I was fouled, cutting off a counterattack and he didn’t get a yellow. It’s difficult.
“I don’t understand these things. The World Cup started with this match [laughs]. The Tunisian players went a bit overboard with the fans, who were crazy. They had a great party, but they overdid it a little bit with their forcefulness.”
On the racist incident, Neymar also gave his assessment: “I don’t have to talk about it, it’s sad for football, for everyone, for those who are from Tunisia. The party they threw was great, but…”
Brazil preparing for the World Cup
That bad taste in the mouth contrasts starkly with the sporting enthusiasm of a Brazil side that ended their preparation for Qatar with seven wins and a draw in 2022. In five of those eight matches, they also scored at least four goals.
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