December 5, 2022, 18:06 PM
December 5, 2022, 18:06 PM
The great objective of Brazil in the World Cup in Qatar is to win the six-time championshipbut the team thinks “game by game,” said attacker Richarlison, after qualifying for the quarterfinals on Monday by beating South Korea 4-1.
“We go game by game, but the desire is to be champions”, said ‘Pombo’ (pigeon, in Spanish) in the mixed zone of the 974 stadium in Doha, where the match was played.
The Tottenham attacker (ENG) scored the third goal of the beating (29) and became the top scorer for Brazil in this edition of the World Cup (3 goals).
But he assured that his idea is to win the sixth world title on December 18 at the Lusail Stadium above finishing the tournament’s gunner.
“The main objective is to be champion”he claimed.
Richarlison highlighted the good return of Neymar, absent since the victorious debut against Serbia due to a sprained right ankle.
“I am very happy with the return of Neymar. Inside the field, he drags two or three players and ends up leaving space for the others,” he said.
The 25-year-old “Pombo” highlighted Tite’s strategy of having aligned to an eleven ‘B’ in the defeat against Cameroon on Friday at the close of Group G.
“Today we showed intensity from the first minute and that was for having saved part of the team in the last game, so you have to give the professor credit,” he explained.
“When criticizing, many criticize him (…) But We must congratulate him because he is a guy who understands and knows about football“, he added.
Brazil scored all four goals in the first half. With the game 4-1, Tite entered the third goalkeeper, Weverton, in the 80th minute, the only one of the 26 players who had not had minutes until now.
“The game was pretty much over when I walked in, but no goalkeeper likes to receive a goal“, said.
“The main goal is the title, regardless of whether I had minutes or not,” said the Palmeiras de Sao Paulo goalkeeper.
Brazil will seek the pass to the semifinals on Friday against Croatia.
