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“Brazilian football is not doing well”: President Lula is “ashamed” of certain matches

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday strongly criticized the quality of football in the country, five times world champion and the absence of a coach at the head of the Seleçao.

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“Brazilian football is not doing well”: President Lula is “ashamed” of certain matches

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday strongly criticized the quality of football in the country, five times world champion and the absence of a coach at the head of the Seleçao.

“Brazilian football is not going well. We no longer have the best football in the world,” said Lula during the first edition of a weekly live broadcast on social networks. "It's sad that our national team, which is considered one of the best in the world, has not yet found a coach," he insisted.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has still not named the successor to Tite, who left the coaching post in December after the Qatar World Cup where Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Croatia (1-1 , 4 shots on goal at 2).

The Italian Carlo Ancelotti is the number one choice of the CBF, but the latter has said on several occasions that he wanted to honor the contract which binds him to Real Madrid until June 2024, while the qualifications for the World Cup- 2026 starts in September.

"The worst thing, continued Lula, is that we are not able to form a great selection because we no longer have players of the same quality as those of the 1970 World Cup", considered the best national team of all the temperature.

At the time, Brazil had won their third world title in Mexico, with Pelé at the height of his glory and other legendary stars like Gerson, Jairzinho or Rivelino. “They were mature, experienced men. We didn't just have kids, we had men in selection, like Pelé, who was 30 years old, ”he added.

Since winning the fifth title in 2002 at the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, Brazil have been eliminated four times in the quarter-finals, and once in the semi-finals at the World Cup at home in 2014.

The Brazilian clubs have also taken for their rank, in particular the Corinthians of Sao Paulo, his heart team. "When I watch a Corinthians game, I want to lie on the sofa and never get up again, I'm so ashamed," he said. “We have become a country exporting players (...) we sell them at 17 and we buy them back at 34. That's the logic of Brazilian football, "he lamented.

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