Special Envoy of the Observer in Doha, Qatar
The lower tone, a deeper timbre, the predisposition to answer what he knew he was going to be asked. The image of that more smiling Fernando Santos than usual, seen for example on the eve of the start of the World Cup with Ghana, gradually faded as the days of competition passed. There were still moments of good humor, like when he was asked who would be the best team besides Portugal and he answered Portugal three times, but it was a more serious conference despite everything and especially with that note of not having made anything clear. Nothing including the situation of Cristiano RonaldoSure.
This Sunday, before the game with South Korea, Tite, the Brazil coach, repeated the confidence talk twice. That is, what the experienced coach explained (with other words and expressions) was that he never passes false information to journalists, and many times, as with the initial team, he may not reveal the information that everyone wants to know in advance. Now, Fernando Santos did not need to propagate this idea, but he went from theory to action around the captain’s replacement time.
“I would like to divide the answer to this question into two parts. When the game ended, I went first to the flash, and then directly to the conference. I said it and I repeat it: I didn’t hear anything there on the court, I was too far away and I only heard him arguing with the Korean player. So yes, I saw the photos. I saw it already. I liked? Nothing, I didn’t like it at all. But that from then on is a situation that has to be resolved at home and then you have to think about the match with Switzerland to have the focus there, matter closed”, stressed the national coach, without wanting to say at this point if the captain He will continue or not in the starting eleven: “I only give the team to the players in the stadium, it has always been like that since I arrived. For the rest, the matter is finished, it was resolved at home and everyone is available ”.
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Source: Observadora
