Bolivians upset with Brazil coach over 高度 comment

SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil coach Tite complained about playing a World Cup qualifier in the 高度 of Bolivian 資本/首都 La Paz and is now under 解雇する/砲火/射撃 from the host country.

Brazil traveled to Bolivia for a match that had no 耐えるing on the World Cup aspirations of either team - the 訪問者s had already 安全な・保証するd their 位置/汚点/見つけ出す in Qatar and the hosts were playing for pride.

Tite said ahead of the match that his team would be いっそう少なく 積極的な because サッカー at more than 3,600 メーターs (almost 12,000 feet) of 高度 in La Paz is too 厳しい.

"We won't have such a vertical team as in previous matches because we can't. It is 残忍な, there's not such a 可能性," Tite said. "Of course we can't play with the same pace, same 速度(を上げる) we have at home matches or in 正規の/正選手 circumstances."

Former Bolivian 大統領 Evo 意気込み/士気s was one of the critics of the Brazilian coach, 説 he 拒絶するs the "残忍な" description for matches where "millions of people live."

"Greatness is 設立する in words, that is why we remember the 広大な/多数の/重要な Diego Armando Maradona, who once said we have to play where we were born," 意気込み/士気s 地位,任命するd on social マスコミ ahead of Tuesday's match.

Brazil's coach Tite attends a training session at the Granja Comary training center in Teresopolis, Brazil, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Brazil will face Chile in a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil's coach Tite …に出席するs a training 開会/開廷/会期 at the Granja Comary training 中心 in Teresopolis, Brazil, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Brazil will 直面する Chile in a qualifying サッカー match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Marco Etcheverry, a former Bolivia 今後 who played in the 1994 World Cup, also 非難するd Tite.

"To speak about the 高度 when they are already in the World Cup ... that's 臆病な/卑劣な," Etcheverry said. "That troubled me a lot."

Brazil won 4-0 にもかかわらず fielding a below-strength team 行方不明の the 一時停止するd Neymar and Vinicius Jr.

Lucas Paquet? opened the 得点する/非難する/20ing in the 24th minute, Richarlison 追加するd the second just before halftime. Bruno Guimar?es made it 3-0 in the 66th and Richarlison appeared once again to 得点する/非難する/20 from の近くに 範囲 in 停止 time.

Players from Brazil and Bolivia did not comment the 問題/発行する.

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