‘This game is on him!’ How did Tite get his tactics wrong vs. Croatia? | ESPN FC

[@user-xj3ve7wt8k]

You score the goal in 105 minutes and with 15 minutes left, you attack with five players where you think that you will score again against Croatia. Really ? You did not score in 90 minutes, but you will score two goals in overtime against Croatia ? Sure. Croatia had only one shot, but one shot is all they need. Difference.

[@borisfilipovic5253]

O Tite, Tite nema više elite. Zemo, rekni kako da u tuđini pišem glagoljicu ZDS

[@kitosbrew9580]

Bam , the coach wasn't smarter enough.

[@damnwhosethat]

He subbed paqueta with fred. Watch all the games fred played for Brazil, he loses atleast 1 ball which the opposition takes to attacking position. He should have gone for 5 defenders.

[@marinmamic896]

you sound like eminem

[@jakes2650]

I don’t understand how Brazil could get beat on a counter when you have 3 min left in the game and you’re up 1-0. Croatia had so much space to run into for that equalizer.

[@chrisbennett6260]

terrible game managment

[@domiy13]

It's because they were playing a high press (running towards Croatian players when they had the ball) as this is the only way you can reliably defend against this Croatian team. If you sit back and give them time to pass the ball around, Brazil would never be able to get possession and they would spend the last 10 minutes defending.

[@MrLama4]

@@domiy13 If Brazil had spent the last 10 minutes defending they would have won.

[@domiy13]

@@MrLama4 but if they conceded, everyone would've said they shouldn't have sat back and should've pressed more.

[@MrLama4]

@@domiy13 The match was already won, no need to do anything unessecary, everyone should have just got back and defended.

[@TOPGNBR1]

As a croatian I suffered 3 hart attacks yesterday thank God I was able to survive...

[@EricEscander]

Congrats! Croatia is not a small team. People forgot they made it to the finals last time. Have to give them respect

[@Guizambaldi]

I'm Brazilian and I'm writing from heaven now. Good luck for the living.

[@manuelsoto9134]

Did a goalie come give you cpr? Good win by Croatia…beat Argentina.

[@katymovies5473]

Tako jeeeeeeeee ko da sam radila ko Rob a ne da sam gledala utakmicu covjece😅

[@renaldograyson9233]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rossrreyes]

Brazil mentality melted during penalties; Brazil were scared to lose, Croatia we’re looking forward to winning

[@OmPrakash-ie7sh]

Everybody fear Croatia going on penalties because everyone know that Croatia will play on their strength

[@Stephanie2224-l8s]

They were saved by the goalkeeper as always. 🤣People want to see the teams scoring beautiful goals, the beautiful game, being creative.....not a team that park the bus, maybe scores only "1 goal", waits for a tie so they can go to penalty shootouts to get saved by the goalkeeper in the end. In every game they play is the same old, same old. The same thing happened in the game with France in Paris, Japan, Brazil and Argentina will be next. Pretty soon they will be known as "Croatia, the country who can only win a game on penalty shootouts". They don't "win" a game, they "survive" each game. Have you ever seeing Croatia winning a game by 3, 4 goals or even 2 goals without the need to go to penalty shootouts in the end?? Nope! Argentina, start training your goalkeeper and players for the next penalty shootouts! 🤣🤣🤣

[@OmPrakash-ie7sh]

@@Stephanie2224-l8s argentina is well versed in penalty shootout.they won a match in coppa America on penalties

[@geckoplays508]

@@Stephanie2224-l8s I mean they beat Argentina 3-0 in 2018 WC.. lol. Just because they don’t play the fancy futbol that you like to see, doesn’t mean they’re not good. Why are you going to play to your opponents advantage it’s so stupid. Which funny enough is exactly what the Brazilian coach did, slowed the game down, took off his attackers for less skilled ones and didn’t do anything new. It doesn’t matter how you win as long as you win. Just because you win using your defense, doesn’t mean you’re bad if anything it shows that you’re disciplined and you ultimately play with what you have/can. All those fancy playmakers on Brazil and for what ? To lose to in the QF again. Croatia would rather be known as the best penalty shooting country in the world, than the team that lost 7-1… like Brazil is known for. Or Spanish Tiki-Taka futbol that got them sent home in the R16 and has failed because they don’t try new tactics and stick to the same old things that worked 10-15 years ago but now that the game has changed, they don’t want to adapt. Where’s Luis Enrique with his style ? At home Jobless? Same applies for the Brazilian Coach, out of the World Cup and jobless. You either adapt per the team you face or you lose.

[@redethoff6791]

@@Stephanie2224-l8s well last wc croatia won against argentina 3-1, rhen against canada 4-1

[@WaillerC5]

Fun fact is that Tite actually did scream in the sidelines to not go up right before the goal. Then Fred lost the ball twice at Croatias corner and neither stalled or went back to defend, leading to the goal.

[@richardruan3378]

Even if Fred hadn’t gone up, that would still be a 4 v 3 with 3 minutes left. They should’ve only had one person forward to boot it forward to.

[@olafharoldsonnii4713]

Why did he sub in Fred and not Fabinho?

[@burritouzumaki9562]

@@olafharoldsonnii4713 exactly Fred isn't good in defending why him over fabinho? Tite panicked and made him do bad moves

[@apagunaberlari2929]

@@burritouzumaki9562 Tite prefer Fred than Fabinho, in world cup qualifications match Fred always in 11st eleven with Casemiro. If Casemiro injured only then Fabinho came in

[@FredEPLk]

@@apagunaberlari2929 that proves that Tite is stupid. He only sees one position for each player, replacing the ones he sees as the same position. He only would use Fabinho If Casemiro was suspensed or injured. However they could and should play together in these types of games against a very strong midfield. Fred should not even be in the squad. Also Fred was neither a starter for Brazil nor Manchester United recently. Everything changed since Bruno and Paquetá became good options but Tite was just too stubborn

[@jolicante8748]

Brazil was lucky Croatia doesn't have a world class striker, otherwise Croatia would have won in 90 min

[@mnemonija]

"who is this dude Orsic" fired a long streak of Tottenham coaches, but no one is paying attention.

[@tonino5268]

Tuchel and Mourinho can explain haha

[@amitadarsh6479]

I don't understand why Tite gave a chance to Rodrygo and Antony when he knew that they lacked experience and the game was slowed down and stretched. Clearly those two guys don't have any experience in that kind of game and also on this stage of world cup. It was silly. And also why were Brazilian players counter-attacking after they scored the goal at the end of half-time of extra-time when they should have parked the bus. It can defined as carelessness.

[@hxgSugazo]

Ok, Antony definitely changed the game. I believe they shoulda kept Rodrygo and Antony on. Take out Pacqeuta for Fabinho, take out Pedro (ik hes a sub) for bremer and play 5 at the back with casemiro and Fabinho as holding midfielders. Than you have Neymar Rodrygo and Antony at front attacking and trying to control the ball possession.

[@zepar6076]

That's where you need a manager like Mourinho to come in

[@darkoanton5]

Antony is twice the player of Rafinha. Rafinha was God-awful this tournament.

[@moxictasculinity]

Damned if you do dammed if you don't. If they lost without the players you mentioned you would have said the opposite.

[@gumdeo]

Argentina went on the defensive, and lost a 2-0 lead.

[@zepar6076]

Neymar was shouting to other players to stay back.

[@johndoe225]

Jules predicted canada to beat Croatia. Canada and Belgium to go through Croatia and Morocco to be eliminated in group stage. Lol

[@skopjemk]

These pundits have no clue

[@petardubrovnik5714]

For smart ones-enough!

[@johndoe225]

@@skopjemk also Jules is always pro french. Every french player is the best ever. And everyone else sucks. According to him

[@Jermaines69]

I don’t think you can blame anyone on Brazil for the loss. In a normal fixture they draw 0-0 and in a season series probably beat them the second time around. Croatia played a perfect game and pushed themselves to death. They’re great at making teams play their and that’s what they made Brazil do. It’s only respect for Croatia out of this.

[@Stephanie2224-l8s]

People want to see the teams scoring beautiful goals, the beautiful game, being creative.....not a team that park the bus, maybe scores only "1 goal", waits for a tie so they can go to penalty shootouts to get saved by the goalkeeper. In every game they play is the same old, same old. The same thing happened in the game with France in Paris, Japan, Brazil and Argentina will be next. Pretty soon they will be known as "Croatia, the country who can only win a game on penalty shootouts". They don't "win" a game, they "survive" each game. Have you ever seeing Croatia winning a game by 3, 4 goals or even 2 goals without the need to go to penalty shootouts in the end?? Nope! Argentina, start training your goalkeeper and players for the next penalty shootouts! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikaeelbob246]

@@Stephanie2224-l8s didn’t Croatia beat Canada 4-1?

[@tino0936]

@@Stephanie2224-l8s Salty much?

[@Stephanie2224-l8s]

@@tino0936 Nope! Just speaking the truth. Just wait and see the same thing happening in the next game with Argentina. 🤣🤣🤣I won't even watch that game. It will put me to sleep.😴😴😴

[@tino0936]

@@Stephanie2224-l8s For you it's about entertainment. For professionals it's about winning. Hope you learn the difference one day.

[@herrthiagoa20]

As in the 2018 World Cup, Tite and his coaching staff had no strategy or clear plan to deal with a better prepared opponent. He continued to rely on the individual technical aspect of the Brazilian team, which worked in Neymar's goal, but Croatia dominated the match as a whole, and deserved to go through because they had a strategy, they managed to execute it and the coach on the other side basically left it to Neymar to decide. Unfortunately for him and the Brazilians, Neymar doesn't play in defense either.

[@henrysantiago5997]

Bro Brazil was up 1-0 with 2 min left in the game. In 120 minutes they only allowed 1 shot on goal. They dominated in Defense.

[@herrthiagoa20]

@@henrysantiago5997 Schematically speaking, Brazil was dominated in midfield by the Croatians throughout the game. Brazil's goal came from an individual move by Neymar, because of Neymar's quality, and not because of a collective aspect. And two more things: 1-Football is a collective sport; and 2-While the referee does not whistle, the game is not over. Conceding a goal on the counterattack, with less than five minutes left to go, with seven players on the attacking field unnecessarily, shows how disorganized Brazil was throughout the game.

[@herrthiagoa20]

Oh, and before I forget: Tite has had a whole cycle of preparation for the 2022 World Cup. And, in six years of work, he has not managed to create a single variation of the game that could, perhaps, surprise Croatia. Anyway, with the human material he had, he was obliged to do more. Let a foreign coach come.

[@chriscam686]

Croatia won the game but there’s no one watching that game can say Croatia dominated anything 😂 😂😂. They barely ventured into the attacking third and troubled Allison. Anytime Croatia possessed the ball was in their own defense or in midfield where they weren’t creating anything. Brazil simply gave the game away. The best team doesn’t always win. It’s jus football. The coaches got it very wrong also.

[@herrthiagoa20]

@@chriscam686 And about the pace of the game, what do you say? I didn't see Croats running after the ball. I saw Brazilians running after the ball while Croatians exchanged passes with great ease. If that's not dominating possession and pace, the pace of the match, I think we've seen different games. Croatia's strategy was never to attack or be on the offense against Brazil. Clearly the idea was to have the ball, prevent the Brazilians from using speed, and try something in isolated shots. Or, as they were very well prepared, take the decision to penalties. The only thing about your argument that I agree with is that the best doesn't always win. But what does it mean to be the best? What makes football so unique is that individual talent is not always enough to win. If the Argentines don't pay attention to this, maybe they will suffer with Croatia too.

[@ricardobjj24]

Taking out Vini, Raphinha & Richarlison was a big mistake unless they're falling down tired I'd live or die with my best guys on the field

[@venessavuia]

Why did he take them out so early?

[@olusegunjaiyesimi]

Raphina yes.. Vini no,

[@sumethanarulanantham9676]

@@olusegunjaiyesimi vini never track back and defend and he was invisible in the game . So right decision

[@allfruitsripe2022]

@@sumethanarulanantham9676 it's only the right decision if brazil did won the game...vini jr is the best player on the team....

[@sumethanarulanantham9676]

@@allfruitsripe2022 it’s a right decision. Vini is just one dimensional. Brazil become dangerous once rodrygo comes in . The whole Brazilian team should have defend after the they scored . That’s where we lost the game

[@Wladislav]

The 5th PK taker tactic is a common one, but I've never understood it. It's interesting to see so many people questioning it now. Imo the "high pressure"/"critical" PKs in the series are the 1st, and then maybe the 4th. 1st has to wait a long time before they can kick, which builds tension, and on top of that it sets the tone for the rest of the series. 4th is often either the one to win the series or the one to keep a team alive on the brink of defeat.

[@mignone08]

Who the F takes off Vinicius Jr that early?? That guy a weapon

[@gumdeo]

Huge disrespect to Vinny. Tite should be ashamed...

[@burritouzumaki9562]

Ikr not even Ancelotti has done that

[@AnaCamp001]

Fr, i saw him having a nightmare of a game at Real Madrid and still score you the winner at 80 minute. He is the kind of player that can do that for you any given day, but Tite has never liked the guy, idk why.

[@FredEPLk]

@@AnaCamp001 because Tite is dumb and very limited as a coach. Everyone thinks he is great comparing him with the pitiful level of Brazilian coaches but in the international stage we see how the Gap is huge in tatitcs and strategies between the best coaches in Europe and the ones Brazil. We still got the natural talent of the players but only the great coaches really know how to get the best out of them.

[@twovthree]

Brazil's defense is unquestionably one of the best in the world. They made the mistake of pressing for another goal when all they had to do was double down on defense and see out the game with so little time left.

[@fulaan1]

Why exactly were they pressing for another goal?? Makes no sense

[@samehabuerreish8785]

@@fulaan1 Arrogance and vanity … They probably thought that 1-0 against Croatia will be serve them well against teams like France or Argentina ! Or lack of discipline or mental toughness which are needed to win the cup

[@domiy13]

@@fulaan1 because they knew croatia were tired and struggled when pressed, so they wanted to disrupt them instead of sitting back and letting croatia pile men forward. It was a good decision, but Casemiro made the mistake of pressing Modric in the middle of the field. Brazil should've run back as soon as he received the ball because he evaded Casemiro, created space, and started an unexpected counter attack that led to the goal.

[@vaibhav16_wanderer]

@@domiy13true I also believe that 2nd goal was needed so parking the bus would’ve been wrong. Just needed to be a bit more cautious

[@olusolasoretire6524]

...imo, one particularly bad move was Coach Tite substituting Vinicius Jr. - that was a huge and pretty costly mistake among others!

[@juanestadian8471]

Tite will go down as the best national team coach of Brazil since Tele Santana. Rescued a Brazil team that was in danger of becoming as irrelevant as Germany is now, and making them a fighting unit with a beautiful style of football. But he really dropped the ball in this match. Both in his tactics and substitutions.

[@figo007tv]

You spelled Scolari wrong

[@guilhermeperazzini]

You are out of your mind.. Tite is 💩💩.. Never won a world Cup. Parreira and scolari at least won their cup in 1994 and 2002... Tite only win against easy teams.. Tite is a fraud and you don't know nothing about Brazil coaches history... A good national team coach is a coach that win world Cup.. What has won beside cup America??

[@alex1vid]

@@figo007tv No. He got it right with Santana - legendary SPFC manager and 82 Brazil manager - but that didn't win. Scolari was ok outside of the debacle in Minas Gerais. And of course a winner in 2002 - im not underestimating him. But... his style of play was awful later and he forgot what he did in 2002. And Dunga before 14 was every bit as stubborn - but seen as the strict pragmatist needed after Perreura struggled to make the tough decision (drop Ronaldo or Adriano) Unfortunately that backfired 10 fold (Grafite instead of Ronaldinho...)

[@figo007tv]

@@alex1vid scolari won them the World Cup. Tite didn’t. That is all that matters 👍🏾.

[@weltmeisterbayernmunchen6308]

The only team thats relevant is the one lifting the worldcup,if not you dont count,and than Germany still has 4 worldcups,and 3 euros,which is gonna be 4,when they play 2024 in their own country!

[@decode3667]

No one mentioning Militao who was the best defender but was taken off, after he was being taken off... they concede from where he used to cover. Danilo/Sandros for some weird reason were really close to attack, Casemiro quickly went to Modric to stop the counter attacking pass but was outdone.

[@burritouzumaki9562]

Tite shouldve known that his subs didn't work when they faced Cameroon only Martinelli was great in that match the rest were meh

[@diptayandas7150]

Bro uu stole my words!! I wanted to say this ..Tite did a blunder by substituting...Militao..He always showed favoritism with fred and danilo !!!He should have also send fabinho in place of fred!!!

[@jankopandza1072]

It was obvious Brazil has no tactical knowledge it looked like they play as kids while Croatia looked organized and someone who actually knows how this game is played. Well done Croatia you schooled Brazil in the game of football in all aspects of the game.

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

Whenever Brazil started to get momentum, Croatia slowed it down. Was awesome to watch the chess game they played.

[@jibangkurbaishya221]

Brazil Has 5 World Cups And They Will Be Remembered As The Most Successful Team In FIFA World Cup History But Croatia Will Be Remembered Nothing Even If They Win The World Cup This Year...

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

@@jibangkurbaishya221 Nobody can deny that Brazil is the most successful team in WC history. Probably they will be for all history. They qualified for every world cup, won the most and made the last 8 the most (i think). For Croatia to win, its history for them. A tiny country with less than 4 mil population being in the Semis 3 times in their short history is an unbelievable achievement. To put this in perspective, Brazil has more professional footballers than Croatia has a population. And Croatia have only been independent for about 30 years. That means only 7 World Cups. Lets celebrate what they both have achieved.

[@jibangkurbaishya221]

@@mohamedalighouse4353 I Don't Want To Belittle Croatia But Some Are Saying That When Pelé Won His 3 World Cups There Were No Strong Competition When In Reality In The 1950s, 60's And 70's Brazil Was Geographically One Of The Weakest Countries, They Didn't Had Such Advance Facilities As The European Countries When They Won Their First WC In 1958. That Is What Angers Me We Should Respect All Countries Poor And Rich...

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

@@jibangkurbaishya221 Why listen to idiots? Brazil esp in 1970 were a country mile better than anyone. In 1962, they won it without Pele. So they must be way better right? When you are better, you are better. Why care how lousy your opposition are? You only need to be stronger than the 2nd best team and that makes you the best. You dont need to apologise for being just a bit better. Just giving some life perspective here.

[@Gal1njo]

Petkovic is a lump but a lump that excels in tight spaces, great futsal player.

[@AVAXII]

They don't know what they are talking about. Today is the first time they saw him on the pitch.

[@thosesoccerboys]

Petkovic is SO much better than they are giving him credit for. He's actually VERY technically gifted for a striker. Such a bad take, just because he's "big."

[@jdo1674]

And there is a guy on the bench, Marko Livaja who is better than Petkovic.

[@croatianwarmaster7872]

​@@jdo1674nah

[@TheHorrorsPersistButSoDoI]

This was actually Brazil best match this tournament, you said they were stronger with Korea but they weren't, Korea was much weaker than Croatia

[@FredEPLk]

Not true. Worst game of Brazil in the tournament by far. Tite's choices were wrong from the start. See how Scaloni is doing much better with a much weaker squad. Argentina has a smart coach. He adapts his game depending on the adversary: Backline of 5 defenders against Netherlands; De paul, Enzo and Paredes against Croatia. Tite is completely Blind and has no planning, not one single strategy. Let Casemiro alone to defend against 3, having Fabinho and Bruno on the Bench. If the players dont do something magical, nothing happens because the coach just does obvious subs like a five year old in the sidelines. The only time Tite surprised everyone was when he took Vini, the best player of the tournament, out actually helping Croatia.

[@drazenbicanic3590]

@@FredEPLk There is a simple rule in sports: you are only as good as your opponent lets you be. Korea, Serbia and others came out on the field with their "underpants down", Croatia knew what it wanted, and the players were able to achieve it. Tactics for playing against opponents who surrendered before the game may not bring victory in a real fight. And, if your plan B is the same as plan A, only with other players, then you are in trouble.

[@lucianofranciadedeus]

Everyone in the world knew this, about the game plan of Croatia being in the midfield. Only Tite seemed to be oblivious to this fact. Tite is defenitely NOT one of our greatest. He is lame, and his teams only play with one single game plan and He does not alter it when needed. Thats why Belgium and Croatia have eliminated us. 2 straight FWC making the very same mistakes.

[@drazenbicanic3590]

Tactics, instead of preparing the game, studying the opponent, they announce that they are rehearsing the victory dance, the arrogant disrespect of the opponent. Throughout the tournament, they always had the same tactics, and as the competition progressed, it was to be expected that someone would find a cure for them.

[@blatt2908]

How is no one talking about Martinelli? I cant believe he was overlooked by both Rodrygo & Antony as a sub he should’ve came on instead for at least one of them!

[@saab2906]

Because he’s not that great he isn’t better than either of the names u just mentioned

[@gumdeo]

Martinelli is a future star, but he's not there yet.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

He would have offered something different. Huge mistake not to bring him on. Pure stupidity

[@saab2906]

@@virupakshawalla5734 no he wouldn’t of stop lying he has scored 16 in 71 which is a garbage return for a attacker who is suppose to win his country the World Cup 5 in 14 this year and never played in the ucl he’s not special and the least talented attacker in the brasil squad

[@virupakshawalla5734]

@@saab2906 🤣😂😅. Don't be silly 🤣😂😅

[@flegmatee1874]

And still not giving us the respect we deserve.

[@TH-yx4io]

And they won't until we win the cup

[@jonathantoniolo2782]

Croatia plays obnoxious soccer and gets super lucky. Good central midfield but that’s it.

[@poki580]

@@jonathantoniolo2782 cope

[@nightprowler6336]

What respect do you want? Y'all only had 1 victory under 90 minutes in the world cup. Your team is good, but pathetic tactics compared to that amazing 1998 side that ONLY by tactical mistakes didn't reach the final.

[@poki580]

@@nightprowler6336 twice in a row in the semifinals, you can cope all you want but thats a fact

[@russellward4624]

The 5th penalty taker being your best is BS. That's Neymar like Ronaldo wanting the glory penalty. But they rarely go to the 5th pen. 3rd is where your best penalty taker should be. To ensure they actualy take 1 and if someone misses the 1st or 2nd the 3rd becomes very pressurized. They can't turn the tide in that spot because the person before effects the next taker.

[@glennmorris8787]

The dancing during the Korean game should've been after the final whistle in the final. The lost their intensity in that game, in their minds, thought it was going to be a stroll for the remainder of the tournament..

[@acho5424]

Both Casemrio and Fred were so far inside opponents half. I would never understand why they did that. When the counter happen the Brazilian defense was left open. If only Fred or Casemiro was behind the counter would have been impossible. No way !

[@republikadugave420]

After all is set and done Croatias group the best by far in tournament

[@athrvsharma2298]

It is so hard to recover as a Brazil fan

[@Sam-fq5qu]

Dance now 🤣

[@ikozzzzy]

Who’s dancing now? Hahahahaha

[@hxgSugazo]

@@ikozzzzy bro ur country has 0 world cups

[@hxgSugazo]

@@Sam-fq5qu “Argentina please avenge my Brazil and win the World Cup” lol ur definitely not Brazilian ur a bandwagon lol get tf outta here

[@chrisbennett6260]

@@hxgSugazo for real well said brother thoese vermin are stated to get cocky now

[@mostaali4698]

Everyone knows that Brazil's problem was in the right and left backs, and they did not show any contributions in the attack, and that the wings make a double effort in defense

[@bellyman1783]

Let this not distract you from the fact that Lovren is in fact one of the greats

[@EnduroGripBosnien]

Tite tactics was good, bit Dalic his was better, if you let brazil to play relaxing than they are very dangerous, Croatia know that and they make pressure on it, Croatia played very good with 52% ball possession so that is the complax for brazil if someone take the game rules 😆😆😆👍 viva la Croatia 🎉🎉❤❤Croatia 🇭🇷🇧🇦❤️❤️

[@FredEPLk]

No. It was not. Tite was stupid. Everyone that understands football and knows how deep this squad was can see that. Croatia controlled the game in the first half but after the second half Brazil was better and Croatia did not hurt Brazil's defense in any way. They had more chances against Argentina. Against Brazil, one lucky shot (in the whole game) in a counter attack where the players acted like children ALL out of position.

[@EnduroGripBosnien]

Croatia has not front player who can shoot on goal, they do everything good until 16 meters, but i think 3th place in world is more than great 🇭🇷💪🏻😍🇧🇦👍👍

[@drazenbicanic3590]

Tactics, instead of preparing the game, studying the opponent, they announce that they are rehearsing the victory dance, the arrogant disrespect of the opponent. Throughout the tournament, they always had the same tactics, and as the competition progressed, it was to be expected that someone would find a cure for them. And when you meet someone who can counter your system, and plan B is the same as plan A, only with backup players, you can find yourself in trouble. Brazil was better, but not better enough.

[@AlexeiRamotar]

What else could Tite have done? He put on additional defensive cover after taking the lead. It's not Tite's fault that Brazil was caught on a 3v4 with 3 minutes left. That's down to the players.

[@Narniee]

I hope by defensive cover you dont mean ghost fred.

[@geckoplays508]

You have the option of taking either Danilo or Eder Militao since they’re both cramping up and you take off Eder… why do you take your CB off when Croatia has shown their counter attack style via the wings. You take Danilo off and make the sub play on the wing. And force them to go through the middle which, they were lacking late game as they slowly transitioned from defense to attack with the wings doing hold up play and then finding the #9 or anyone making a late run. A fit sub doesn’t allow Modric to put that pass and cuts it off as he’s fresher than the winger who already has played 40-50+

[@AlexeiRamotar]

@@geckoplays508 @Gecko plays again where were Casemiro and Fred? We have the evidence in front of our eyes. Subs were sent on to defend a 1-0. The only one outside of Fred that was defensive MF and wasn't played was Fabinho. How do you get caught on a 3v4 while defending a 1-0 lead with 3 minutes left to play and fresh subs on the pitch? At the latter stage of the attack Marquinhos was defending 3 Croatian attackers. Unless Tite told them to go get another goal, I highly doubt that, this is on the players.

[@rhyministermc]

Committing so many players forward and conceding on a counter-attack with so little time left in the game was madness.

[@drazenbicanic3590]

They could not do otherwise, they were not prepared or even thought about it.They could not do otherwise, they were not prepared or even thought about it. Tactics, instead of preparing the game, studying the opponent, they announce that they are rehearsing the victory dance, the arrogant disrespect of the opponent. Throughout the tournament, they always had the same tactics, and as the competition progressed, it was to be expected that someone would find a cure for them. And when you meet someone who can counter your system, and plan B is the same as plan A, only with backup players, you can find yourself in trouble. Brazil was better, but not better enough.

[@poppasmurf3670]

Antony was better than raphina to be fair. Vini doesn’t get tired that easily so he should’ve been on all the way until pens

[@kerubelalmi7267]

Nymar waiting the 5th to make show up & the youngest player from all squad took the 1st penalty, its hard to accept

[@Dr_Diaz]

Not really his tactics, but the subs.. taking out vini was his worst mistake and then militao.. which u am assuming he was sure they would win within 90 mons and wanted to give vini some rest..his gamble failed

[@Joeee0304]

Croatia were always going to dominate the midfield. Casemiro x Paqueta were never going to out run Kovacic, Modric, and Brozovic. However, Tite became way too desperate. Vini wasnt having his best game but the best brazilians chances were coming from his linkup with neymar. Raphinha off for antony was a good sub. The extra time subs were terrible. Despite Brazil scoring i just could not feel confident when i see sandro coming on for our best defender that game militao…. Danilo was literally cramping and walking lightly on one leg. And then you have fred who was a decent sub attacking so deep and losing the ball which enables a counter. 6 brazilin players were deep into croatias half 🤦‍♂️ terrible management and leadership at the end of the game… brazil shot themselves in the foot after the hard earned goal

[@burritouzumaki9562]

@@Joeee0304 how did they dominated the midfield when soon as they lose the ball went back to full defense

[@Joeee0304]

@@burritouzumaki9562 modriv kovacic and brozovic absolutely dominated us. Brazil recently has always done poor vs a midfield who knows how to move the ball around. It is why when you look at possession, Croatia got the better of us. Take a look at the Copa America final, Argentinas midfield trio were comfortable on the ball that we had to rely on mistakes and on the defense in final third to take the ball off them. Croatia being comfortable and soaking our attacking pressure is never a good sign, and that goes for any team.

[@diptayandas7150]

This team should have atleast played the finals ..bt coach's mismanagement denied them from it !!

8:00 best part starts here

[@eriveltomartinsbarrosjunio9022]

As a Brazilian... Brazil played better than Croatia. As it did against Belgium 4 years ago for most of the game. But in both cases there was what we Brazilians call a "blackout": 5 or 10 minutes of loss of focus that led to a series of tactical mistakes that proved to be fatal. IMO, it really is on Tite. He had the best Brazilian team since 2006 but he didn't keep up with changes in modern football. I could name several of his mistakes here: being predictable; never having tested alternative formations, such as playing with 3 defenders; letting Modrić play with such freedom; calling up players that have never been tested; among others. Don't even get me started on the results: He managed to lose a Copa America to Argentina playing at home (only Brazilian coach to do so); managed to make Brazil lose the first game ever against Africans in the WC; and worst of all, abandoned his players after the penalty shootout when they needed his support the most. Like so many Brazilians, it saddens me that there's no Brazilian alternative to Tite: even though he failed miserably, he's still the best Brazilian coach. Which goes to show how behind Brazilian coaches have been. So the best option is getting a foreign coach.

[@yolly8946]

100% with you on that , tite's coaching was extremely poor, the best choice would be Guardiola; continue with Brasilian Coaches who never big European soccer team at the head of the Brasilian team again is suicidal.

[@anteandrovic]

yup even we know that Beazil is a better all round team , with more individual stars... we didnt kud ourselves about that. it was about who looses concentration first.... the goal that brazil scired, no one can stop, it was a mistake by the croats, it was just pure talent, ...the goal by Croatia resulted from a mistake by drop in concentration after 120 minutes.... thats football !

[@jdo1674]

We, Croatia were definitly better first half. Those first 45 mins were tactical and technical perfection. If we have world class striker then probably in some games we wouldn't have to go trough penalties.

[@eriveltomartinsbarrosjunio9022]

@@jdo1674 in retrospective, I now think that Brazil didn't really play that well. Because the Brazilian team allowed Croatia to control the game as they saw fit from the start. It was something the Brazilian press said it would happen, they warned us about it and our coach Tite didn't listen. In his hubris, as it happens to many Brazilian coaches, he didn't consider making changes in the team to better face the Croatian team and their known tactics: populate the midfield and slow down the game. The Argentinian coach Scaloni did that in every game and see where they are now.

[@drazenbicanic3590]

They could not do otherwise, they were not prepared or even thought about it. Tactics, instead of preparing the game, studying the opponent, they announce that they are rehearsing the victory dance, the arrogant disrespect of the opponent. Throughout the tournament, they always had the same tactics, and as the competition progressed, it was to be expected that someone would find a cure for them. And when you meet someone who can counter your system, and plan B is the same as plan A, only with backup players, you can find yourself in trouble. Brazil was better, but not better enough.

[@vf4702]

Hello from Croatia

[@ozbiljnoneozbiljan6733]

Greetings from Croatia. I congratulate the team on the victory against the great Brazil. Good luck in the further competition. They are not at full throttle yet, that is what is expected of them.

[@da_figaro8723]

*Rodyrigo Stepped Up where Neymar Should Have*

[@Marcus-sp9uz]

He knew he was going to miss that why he didn't take it

[@givenn3967]

@@Marcus-sp9uz 😂 idiot its the coach decision end of the day it could of work

[@fizarizal4100]

@@Marcus-sp9uz Neymar always took the last penalty. It's on tite that he was to take the last. And on missing...Neymar would never have ... Dude knows to handle pressure! Very very well!!

[@FHF677]

Brazil forgot to bring the 2014 ref

[@calebdambra223]

Is that a Seattle Sounders shirt I see

[@sebastianwilson8899]

Argentina has been warned, this Croatia team CAN beat them…

[@ratas290589]

I guess that didn't happen. ☝️😎🇦🇷

[@itwasjustaluck]

​@@ratas290589it did 2018 and it will happen again. Congratulations to 2022 win.

[@zepar6076]

2026.. for sure. Oh Neymar, I hope to see you even from bench

[@givenn3967]

No Brazilian attacker never played World cup at 34 so we can't depend at it but I hope he play

[@chrisbennett6260]

@@givenn3967 listen mat its coming back too brazil its 24 since our last world cup win in 2026 and it was 24 years since i last win in 1970 when we won it with romario ,so the omens is on our side but we got to work for it wee got dust ourselves down and seirously start plotting to win it now and use that omen to our benefit ,it was 24 years before italy won it in 2006 when they last won it in 1982 so the omens our with us its our destiny we got to get fired and put the work in now this world cup was in our hands but our focus ,alertness,game magemrent ,and feeble finishing let us down lets learn the lessons of this world cup and get to work now

[@kevinethan5751]

@@givenn3967 same

[@drep9028]

11 shots on target to 1 deflected shot on target vs the "best midfield" and Tite got it wrong? It wasn't a masterclass no but who can really say they got it wrong apart from hindsight? Can't blame Tite for the final slip up

[@matj8819]

Agree, Brazil was unlucky, but Croatia never give up and can't be underestimated.

[@AVAXII]

Let's count shots and not goals.

[@nottoomuch87]

Been saying the attack was overrated because they weren't finishing their chances but everyone kept saying how weak the defense was. Defense was their strong point of the entire tournament.

[@anteandrovic]

great analysis

[@benjaminkaarst]

Is ESPN going to mention what happened to Grant Wahl?

[@KingJaffeJoffer99]

I thought Antony was better than Raphinha last night

[@renusingh384]

He was

[@davidlalremruata]

When you have only the wingers to put the ball into the opponent's box then your opponents soon manage to force your wingers wide, wide and wider off until they cannot execute that inch perfect passes so crucial for a striker to latch on to. Raphina is an awesome player with skill and speed but he can be handled quite effectively in the Premier League and every team has done it's homework by the time they came out to face you on the pitches.

[@darkoanton5]

In Croatia, football comes first. It's their culture. In Brazil, dancing comes first. It's their culture.

[@Jonathan-xt6jw]

That's why Croatia have won so many world cups...

[@henrysantiago5997]

Your comment should be considered the most idiotic comment KZbin

[@henrysantiago5997]

In Brazil making the best footballers of all time comes first. In Croatia trying to stop black people from entering the country comes first....That is why Croatia will never win the world cup

[@NinaTomasCreative]

@@Jonathan-xt6jw Croatia has only been a country for 30 years. Has qualified to play 6 times at the World Cup. Has managed to make it three times to the semi finals.

[@darkoanton5]

@@NinaTomasCreative and a country just under four million people.

[@RaySmith79]

Vini should never begin subbed

[@mohammedalkashif4873]

I love Brazil but this defeat comes to two reasons arrogant n discipline

[@zepar6076]

Jose Mourinho for coach would be a dream come true, but unlikely

[@jjmarz1001]

You can't possibly be Brazilian. You really want Brazil to park the bus??? REALLY???

[@zepar6076]

@@jjmarz1001 'park the bus' - a term Mourinho coined for the other team. It looks like you are just another gullible one following whatever media says. One thing Mourinho is he is a serial winner and excellent man manager, never lost a final,this is what Brasil needs. Furthermore, now with yet again other disappointment you need a strong character, one who can soak all the criticism to himself and protecting the players, that is exactly who Mourinho is.

[@goranniksic4294]

Maybe Dalić 🇭🇷, but you can"t buy him!

[@chrisbennett6260]

@@zepar6076 what i would agree with though is he stressing of game management ,mentality because Brazil were extremily lethargic and gave thoes snakes too much space in their own half when we should have been pressing

[@Goran5k]

All you need to know about the analysis of these two 🤡 is that they both agreed there are 3 substitutions allowed per team in a game.

[@bigbernie7260]

Brazil's manager was clueless. He had better players on the bench like Guimaress and Fabinho than he had in his starting line ups.

[@drazenbicanic3590]

He had better players on the bench than Croatia on the field, in at least half the positions, but the Croatian players played what they were supposed to, and the talented stars thought more about hairstyles and victory dances than about tactics.

[@newrecruit100]

Playing the results as people normally do.

[@franciscogomez5106]

Tite substitution was player on player and wanted to defend the only goal, you can't defend 1 goal of difference in this tournament, you have to kill the game. I sorry but these commentators didn't read the game because Tite is getting hammer in Brazil and other countries media.

[@davidlalremruata]

Firmino. The exclusion of Firmino was and is and will continue to be one of the factors why Brazil lost. In the absence of Firmino the forwards of Brazil had only their wingers from which to expect to be fed the ball in the box. Had Firmino been there he could have provided that all important link between the forwards and the midfielders in the role of a false nine that he does so well for Liverpool. He could even score a few himself. Just give the ball to Firmino and he will score is not an empty boast as his statistics testify to his vitality. So, Brazil must develop a player like Firmino to be the all important link to enlarge their attacking potentials from all areas of the field.

[@RBerndt]

Gab’s shirt rocks. Go Sounders!

[@lawrencenjawe9875]

Gab says "Tite will go down as one of Brazil 's greats". Anyone agrees?. Not me certainly.....

[@chikachika5361]

Neymar has done well in his role as 10. We do not blame on him.

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

While he had a crazy Goal of the tournament. He contributed very little defensively.

[@krishancurtis450]

Why he had only 2 midfielders on the pitch after the first half. I thought it was obvious that fabhino or Fred will come in for one of the front three. That's should have given the control of the game to them.

[@adammchugh5456]

I resent the three seconds it takes me to realise gab marcotti is about to come on screen.

[@michaelworldpree7860]

The coach is the one to be blame he is the cause of my team defeat 😞😭

[@tingyenahkee1447]

Tite made several mistakes and tactical errors for Qatar 1. Firmino should have picked for that number 10 role or Coutinho if he was not injured 2. Neymar is not suited for that relayer between the midfield and attack in that 4-2-4 formation 3. That 4-2-4 proved to be a misbalance because the midfield is thin with 2 players. Bruno G or Fred should play in that midfield instead of an extra man in attack 4. Marquinhos is a liability in high stakes match in that ET in the QF Militao should pair with Thiago Silva in CB positions 5. Substituting your best attackers in a QF against Croatia and the wrong choices to finish your spots of subs available

[@bugman5380]

GO SEATTLE SOUNDERS - FIGHT N WIN!

[@guilhermenunes3044]

I don't know if this is important but there is a huge pressure on the Brazilian team to win every game they play, and its not only in the World Cup. There is pressure from the population, fans, media, sponsors. I knew Brazil would loose on penaltis, they simply don't have the mental state to deal with that pressure, no matter how much they practice.

[@bas6628]

Brazil were like PSG last five seasons flattered to decieve

[@rexmfalme9781]

I think he took Richarlison off a little too early, apart from that, I cannot fault him

[@kitosbrew9580]

I definitely agree with the panels. After Neymar GOAL, Brazilian should have to defend totally.

[@kisscsaba7989]

I do not understand the love for Neymar. Neither for Ronaldo or Messi

[@muhammadtaha2332]

I think Ronaldo and Messi for elclasico and Ronaldo was also really popular back in man UTD in 2007-8.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Not talking about Messi man; but Messi footballer you can't understand the love? He is past his peak but still has class if not legs, but man is tge finest footballing talent of all time. You can argue he isn't best in terms of leader- winner, but for pure talent the man over 18 years is peerless.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

21 year old starting penalty shoot out. Ask Southgate lol. Should have he had him at 5 🤔🤭

[@piscesman54]

I'm sorry, but Anthony wreaked havoc on the Croatian left defense. Rafinha didn't do anything. They gobbled him up.

[@ananina9554]

😂 this guy is dreaming when he says Tite will go down as one of our greatest coaches. Like for real, he was seen as a really bad choice as a coach and now is full on hated. All his changes during and before the cup were terrible. Tite has zero tactics and we only came this far thanks to individual talent. He never build a team. The loss is his fault because he took out the most important player in the match: militão that was holding Croatia attacks. The goal came thanks to Ney’s talent. It was supposed to be the final act with 4 min left if wasn’t for Fred the cone deciding to attack instead of defend. It’s a mess and Fred shouldn’t be on the team neither should Daniel Alves. Tite is going down as the worse coach in history and this loss in terms of embarrassment only loses to that game with Germany

[@sulayotega9557]

Tite is not smart enough. Why bring Fred. When U have Bruno and Fabiano. Also leave Militao in the back after Brazil's score . Bring Bremer . Take paqueta off. Middle put casemiro, fabinho and Bruno. Midfield. Defense leaves malitao, at the defence and Bremer at the back. Play 5, defence 3 defence midfield and 2 heading the ball Neymar and Anthony

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Martinelli not coming on a big mistake.

[@mohamedalighouse4353]

Probably. But this Brazil is about players.playing in so called big teams.

[@rumpelja4922]

Bruno G should have started.

[@RR-qb5co]

ITS THE FIRMINHO CURSE.!!!!!!!🤮🤮🤮🤮 THE MOST HUMBLE THE ON FORM # 9. THE EXPERIENCE ..AND WOULD HELP IN TIME OF NEEDS....

[@oswaldjames6295]

Why don't these brilliant analysts ADVISE all the Coaches on Strategy!?😄:⁠-:⁠-⁠)😎

[@donavansimms9097]

That was the main reason I had no confidence in this team to win the world cup, this coach is a joke

[@flickchic238]

Antony created chances for Brazil. Gab and Juls are unfair to criticize his ability.

[@fernandopicozzi]

lucid comments guys, Brazil was a mess tactically - it's a crazy chains of mistakes.

[@keletsosebolai414]

Brazil very vey sloppy no aggression Tite did not get his tactics right. Brazil need a manager if they ever want to win the World Cup

[@ultrakoichi]

I’m so glad these espn pundits got their predictions wrong😂😂😂

[@AVAXII]

They never get their predictions right.

[@matj8819]

Wasn't aware you only had 3 sub slots, makes sense stop time wasting!!

[@velikimucak1607]

3 substitutions? They have 5 big football expert 😅😅😅😅😅

[@humbledude5529]

The worst coach in the history of the Brazil national team, the whole brazilian media is saying it and i agree 100% .

[@hgfokaa]

what about Big Fil/

[@wugambinos4557]

All Jules does is agree with whoever he is on a show with. Does he ever have his own opinion? 🤔

[@drazenbicanic3590]

Why didn't Neymar go first, an egomaniac, he wanted the glory to go to him, as the scorer of the deciding penalty.

[@AayushKhanal]

you need players who handle the pressure well towards the end

[@muhammadtaha2332]

@@AayushKhanal actually coach told them

[@DrakenRS78]

First and 5th are generally best pen takers

[@tracer073]

@@DrakenRS78 casemiro should have went first for Brazil

[@bijou201]

Every WC same old 3-4 countries favorites. Among them always Brazil. Because: a) its WC past; b) big football country with many talents c)because it's Brazil. In modern-day football they won - nothing, since real Ronaldo. In the same time Croatia won 3 medals. Nowadays pundits and so called pundits should really focus on the teams - NOWADAYS, like last few months, and their players, chemistry among them, their coach and his tactics and the most important thing - how they breathe and play together vs great teams. You can be a very big country with lot of football stars in your team, with amazing football past - but thats not a road to the top. And it doesnt mean you gonna always be a favorite on the paper. Pundits should start thinking a bit outside of the box!

[@katymovies5473]

Unterschätze nie deinen Gegner. NIEMALS!

[@mustsilm]

Why are there so few Brazilian coaches in european leagues? I think that is part of the issue on a wider scale. Argies have always had coaches in europe. Scaloni was Sevilla assistant before he took the Arg job. Everyone knows Simeone. Sampaoli coached in Spain and France. There are others. Brazilian coaches scared to come to europe?

[@russellward4624]

Because Brasilian football relies on older players so the tactics reflect that. All the good young talent goes to Europe as early as possible. Teams in Brasil don't play the possesion or high line etc., they play super deep and looks for folks to score goals on set pieces. Nobody wants that kind of football.

[@chrisbennett6260]

@@russellward4624 and thats a utter disgrace brazil needs to demand better of its club footballer if were to learn something in 1982 the only two players playing over seas was roberto falcao of roma and dircue of Atletico madrid all the top stars were playing in brazil flamengo were World club champions with zico.juniour,leandro ,tunes, and gremio were champions in 1983

[@russellward4624]

@@chrisbennett6260 they're still living in the past. Holding onto the 5xs like Man Utd fans hold onto the past. Think that because they used to be great they have a devine right and just need to show up.

[@TheJoaovicente]

@@chrisbennett6260 it's hard to have a high level tournament when Europe buys all the real talent

[@chrisbennett6260]

@@russellward4624 are you a mind reader ,were you in their heads ,i mean really ,how do you know france ,england ,germany italy dont feel like that ,your reaching man pure nonsense

[@ivan-Croatian]

Let's be honest here, no matter what tactics Tite took, the result would be the same or even worse for Brazil. Brazil took Croatia to penalties and we should salute them for such achievement.

[@russellward4624]

How did you detrmine that?

[@OmPrakash-ie7sh]

Croatia took brazil to penalties donot ignore Croatian effort

[@chrisbennett6260]

you had i shot on target you were briliiant what a clown you ratbags will be going home next round

[@Jonathan-xt6jw]

Is smoking crack the national pastime over there?

[@jupiterhonda9968]

Empires defeated Brazil.

[@malachii...3097]

The coach mess up🇯🇲😠💯🇧🇷

[@RaySmith79]

Neymar doesn't play defense

[@alexandrenabais6053]

Vini sub makes sence, stop defending him. He was terrible all world cup, for Madrid he is overrated and statpads in that farmers league. Most overrated player ever, thx god he will never be a world cup champion

[@mix6197]

are you ok bro ?

[@mix6197]

get some help asap bro !