"A shame for football", Tite answers him

"A shame for football." Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio did not go with the back of the spoon while cutting Neymar. Osorio was referring to the many protests by Brazilian striker PSG, accused of playing comedy in the 2018 World Cup round of 16 between Brazil and Mexico. Neymar responded by declaring "mocking the critics". His coach, Tite, defended him by saying that the Brazilian was "stepped on."

Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio has carved Neymar after Brazil's qualification against Mexico in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup. "It's a shame for football" complained Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio, without ever naming Neymar, but clearly accusing him of playing "Comedy" after the elimination of his team against Brazil (2-0) in the round of 16 of the World Cup, Monday in Samara.

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"We lost a lot of playing time because of one player, because of the arbitration that all too often stopped the game for Too many fake mistakes, for example four minutes at a time, is a bad example for the world and all the children watching the game " said the technician of Colombian origin. He pointed this action of the second period when Miguel Layun touched Neymar's right ankle with his crampons, a gesture not sanctioned by the referee but criticizable. The Brazilian star screamed in pain as he rolled to the ground.

"A man's sport"

"It's a man's sport, there should not be so much comedy, it had an impact on our game, my players got upset" continued Osorio. Asked by a Brazilian journalist whether he was right to blame Neymar for Layun's gesture, the coach replied: "I respect your opinion" .

And when asked if he was really targeting Neymar and why he was not quoting him, Osorio replied: "You mentioned it, not me, it's your interpretation, I did not mention him ".

The response of Tite and Neymar

When Neymar, elected man of the match, was questioned in a press conference about the criticism of the coach of Mexico, his coach, Tite, announced that he 'in charge of it himself, because ' coaches talk to coaches' . "I do not want to answer Osorio. Sometimes you make comments in the heat of the match. But I saw what happened, you watch the video, they walked on it, there is nothing to say, just to watch " said Titus.

For his part, Neymar saw him rather as "an attempt to destabilize me than anything else. I do not care about critics ". The "Ney" does not want "not too controversial (…) I do not want to be noticed otherwise than on the ground" .