Tite's offer: 'If Argentina tells us how they are going to score Neymar, we open the game and tell them how we're going to score Messi'

07/09/2021 4:38 PM

• Clarín.com

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Updated 07/09/2021 4:38 PM

The technical director of Brazil, Tite, assured this Friday that he had the recipe to stop the captain and top figure of the Argentine national team, Lionel Messi, in the final of the Copa América that will be played this Saturday, from 9 p.m., at the Maracanã stadium .

"I know how to mark Messi, but I am not going to say it. If Argentina tells us how they are going to mark Neymar, we will open the game and tell them how we are going to mark Messi," he ironically assured in the press conference prior to the match. defining match of the tournament.

And he added:

"We cannot neutralize him (Messi), we can reduce the opponent's actions

.

"

Asked about the symbolic arm wrestling between two world football stars, the Brazilian DT considered: "To speak of Messi and Neymar is to speak of excellence, technical, mental and physical virtues, very high creative capacity".

In his opinion, the South American classic will be

"a great show"

between "the last two South American champions of the world."

"In 2002, 1994 (Brazil); in 1986 Argentina. They have another dimension, without neglecting Colombia or Uruguay, they are icons of world football," he said.

It will be the first final between the historic South American rivals since the Copa América Venezuela 2007, which had green and yellow as winners.

Tite praised the power of Brazil in this Copa América, which reached the final after winning five games and drawing another, the same mark that the "Albiceleste" achieved.

"In the Copa América, the team that dribbles the most, dribbles the most, individual plays, is the Brazilian team. If there is organization, the team wants to be creative, it wants to be fun, creative, with a goal. At that point of balance we try to get the job done, "he explained.

Tite avoided evaluating which of the two teams deserves the victory more.

In case of victory, the 'Canarinha' will achieve the double championship after having raised the cup in Brazil 2019 and Argentina, on their side, will break a 28-year drought.

"I want our team to have excellence, I want it to be excellent, competitive and loyal," he concluded.

Source: agencies

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