Brazilian coach Tite hopes for "a great show" Tuesday against Argentina, historic rival of the Seleçao, as part of the qualifications for the World-2022.
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"Brazil-Argentina, it's a very great match, with a lot of history, a lot of individual quality in both teams," he said at a press conference before his team's departure for San Juan on Monday, where will this clash between the top two in the South American qualifying standings take place?
Brazil, which prances in the lead, has already secured its qualification for Qatar on Thursday, beating Colombia (1-0), but will be keen to take revenge after the lost Copa America final (1-0) against the Argentines last July, at the Maracana.
"I hope we will have a great match, that it will be a great show, regardless of the players who are on the field", insisted Tite, who did not wish to reveal the composition of the team that he will line up on Tuesday.
On Sunday, center-forward Matheus Cunha, of Atlético Madrid, trained among the holders, in place of Gabriel Jesus, disappointing against Colombia.
Eder Militao for his part took the place of Thiago Silva in central defense, alongside the Parisian Marquinhos, who will be the captain of the Seleçao on Tuesday.
In the middle, Fabinho should be established in place of Casemiro, suspended.
Tite admitted the possibility of rotating his workforce "to give more body to the group, with real opportunities" for other players, "since we are already qualified".
Brazil and Argentina should already have faced each other in September, in Sao Paulo, but the meeting was stopped by health authorities.
Tite's assistant, César Sampaio lamented that Tuesday's match was played in a stadium with only 25,000 seats in San Juan, a small provincial town very far from Buenos Aires.
"Such a match deserved a better infrastructure, we will have two stars of South American football, Messi and Neymar (...) We expected a more suitable place, but that does not depend on us", said this former midfielder, vice-world champion with Brazil in 1998.
Tite preferred to temper: “all these aspects of the venue, the logistics, are secondary for me.
It's a great game and we will have to adapt ”.
