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Tite responds to Mbappe and says that the qualifiers in America are more difficult than those in Europe: "We don't have Azerbaijan"

Tite responds to Mbappe and says that the qualifiers in America are more difficult than those in Europe: “We don’t have Azerbaijan”

The Brazil coach spoke exclusively to ESPN

selection technician BrazilAnd the TitiComment on comments Kylian Mbappe A few months ago, World Cup qualifiers in South America were easier than those in Europe and that football on the continent was “not as advanced” as Europe.

In an interview with ESPNAnd the Titi He spoke about it and completely disagreed with the striker, saying that duels between South American teams are more difficult and balanced than in the old continent.

“For me, the cut you’re referring to Mbappe It’s not the playoffs. He might be talking about these fights The League of Nations Or European friendlies, but not qualifiers,” Gaucho said.

“I spoke recently with a columnist in Uruguay and he told me: ‘Playing in Bolivia is very difficult. Playing in Cochabamba is very difficult. Playing in Uruguay is very difficult…”Sure, Mbappe He does not have this cut, does not know about this difficulty, and has not looked for it. We do not have all due respect Azerbaijan to play. We don’t have one to give you a break. They are all matches with a very high degree of difficulty in the knockout rounds.”

“The qualifiers here have a much higher degree of difficulty than the group stage (than the European qualifiers), and I say yes,” he concluded.

By the way, Titi wasn’t the first to disagree with him Mbappe. Argentine soccer star Leo MessiHe countered the statements of his teammate Paris Saint-Germainwho asserted that South American football is “not as advanced” as European football and that it is difficult to qualify for Globalism in Europe than in CONMEBOL.

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The phrase sparked great controversy among active and former South American footballers, and many gave strong responses to Mbappe. Former striker “Crazy” AbroFor example, the Frenchman gave a powerful backhand during an interview with ESPNsaying that a star Paris Saint-Germain He needed to do more “Wikipedia research” before speaking.

MessiFor his part, he also issued a harsh judgment, contrary to the thesis of the Companion.

“We talked about it many times in Spain. When we came back from a qualifier (match), we said to them: ‘You don’t know how difficult it is to qualify for world Cup If they have to go there, to the altitude, the heat, Venezuela … ”, said the Argentine, in an interview with the channel. TyC Sports.

All of them (Europeans) have a different case that makes everything more difficult and apart from that, they are great teams and they have great players.”

The number 10 also confirmed that “football is becoming more balanced every day regardless of the opponent”, and that the Argentine national team is “ready to play against any European.”