Recently, Brazilian men's football coach Tite confirmed in Sport TV that he will step down after the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Tite also talked about the previous FIFA penalty for the FC-Bar-Afghanistan match, which only played for 6 minutes: "I oppose the rematch against Argentina, they lied about the epidemic information in the team, the rematch is a counterproductive choice and will not bring us any benefits. ”
In fact, the Argentine side is also very dissatisfied with fifa's penalty, after all, it is the interference of the Brazilian side, which directly leads to the interruption of the game, and Argentina definitely hopes that FIFA will judge Brazil to lose 0-3. After last year's Battle of Baa-Afghanistan, Tite also complained that the Brazilian epidemic prevention department was too reckless, and this time believed that the Argentine side "lied about the epidemic information in the team", and it is estimated that Tite wanted FIFA to judge the match to maintain a 0-0 result.
It should be said that Tite is a very good coach, just as Argentina's Scaloni is also very good. In the 2018 World Cup, Brazil lost to Belgium in the 8-4 match, which was actually a factor of carelessness and luck. Tite did not expect de Bruyne to suddenly play forward; in the final moments, Neymar also nearly equalized. In the last two Copa Americas, Tite and Scaloni have been tied: Brazil won the championship in 2019, Argentina was the third place, and in 2021, Argentina won the championship, and Brazil was second in the country.
At present, in the South American World Preliminary Round, Argentina has become a roadblock for Brazil to compete for the first place in South America. In the last two rounds of the World Preliminary Tournament, Argentina scored 6 points and Brazil scored 4 points. Argentina are currently only four points behind Brazil, and both teams have three games left, counting the rematch of the Battle of Barca. Argentina really has a chance to overtake Brazil and become the number one south American.
The last 2 rounds of the South American World Preliminary Round, Argentina is at home to meet Venezuela, away to Ecuador (Ecuador has not set the home stadium in the plateau, good for Argentina); and Brazil is at home to meet Chile, which still has the opportunity to qualify, away to Bolivia, which has the advantage of the plateau home field, Argentina is very likely to narrow the point gap with Brazil to less than 2 points through these 2 rounds of matches.
If the Battle of Baa-Afghanistan had maintained a draw, it would have been too difficult for Argentina to surpass Brazil; but if it were to replay and Argentina would most likely beat Brazil like last year's Copa America final, Brazil might not be able to keep South America first. The most embarrassing thing for Tite is that if he loses to Argentina for 2 consecutive years, Brazilian fans will inevitably be very angry, so Tite is still a little afraid of touching Argentina, thinking that the replay "can't bring us any benefits". This is also Tite's unspeakable secret. Isn't that the case?