Raphinha reveals Tite’s crying after elimination in the World Cup

Started in four of the five matches of the Brazilian Team at Qatar World Cupin 2022, little girl opened the game about the feeling after the elimination to Croatia, in the quarterfinals. In an interview with the program ‘Boleiragem‘, of SportTVthe striker of barcelona revealed a little behind the scenes of the Brazilian squad after the defeat on penalties.

At first, the player spoke a little about the pain that the squad felt, especially due to the expectations that the players themselves had within the competition. “The truth is that it hurts, it hurts because we know they had an incredible team, a good squad, a good coach. We know he had the potential to go far and win that Cup”said Raphinha.

Among the questions he answered, the attacker said he saw no problem with the imminent departure of Tite after the end of the match, without talking to his players still on the pitch. “The fact that he leaves the field and goes to the locker room without greeting anyone does not make him any less human or less of a coach. Each one has a way of digesting defeat and elimination. His way of coping was to go into the locker room.”said.

In this sense, Raphinha revealed that one of the reasons for this could have been the frustration felt by the technician, who could be running away from the cameras. “We don’t know, but suddenly he went to the locker room because he didn’t want to cry in front of the cameras. Like it or not, we are human beings and we suffer when things don’t go the way we want”he stated.

About that frustration and crying after the elimination, the Barcelona player spoke about his own experience. “I didn’t want to cry on the field, but it was stronger than me. After we left, I was left in the tunnel trying to figure it out, questioning why.”revealed Raphinha.