SAO PAULO - The captain of the Brazilian National Team, Dani Alves, flattered the coach, Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, or usually called Tite. Alves called Tite the true captain of Brazil after securing the 2019 Copa America title.
Since being taken over by Tite in mid-2016, Canarinha's performance - the nickname of the Brazilian national team - is quite moncer. Of the 42 matches in all competitions, Brazil collected 34 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses.
Even when they lost 1-2 to Belgium in the 2018 World Cup quarter-finals, Brazil's performance was arguably extraordinary. Only, the impressive performance of the Belgian national team goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, thwarted a series of attacks made by Philippe Coutinho and colleagues.
After failing at the World Cup, Brazil played 16 matches, both in the 2019 Copa America trial and match. As a result, Brazil's Tite concoction won 14 wins, 2 draws and was unbeaten. Brazil's latest victory was printed when defeating Peru 3-1 in the 2019 Copa America final on Monday (07/08/2019) early morning hrs.
"The captain on our boat is Tite. I congratulate all of us. I repeat, I congratulate all our staff, "said Alves, who won his second Copa America trophy.
It's not surprising that Alves made a compliment to Tite. Apart from the quality of the coach, another reason is because Tite was said to want to resign from the Brazil national team position, the impact of the feud with CBF (Brazil's PSSI). In fact, Tite is still bound by the Brazilian national team contract until December 31, 2022.