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Tite celebrated the Brazilian national team’s third goal in today’s (5th) 4-1 defeat of South Korea, in the round of 16 of the World Cup, in an unusual way: surrounded by the players, he performed the “Dance of the Pigeon” “, created in honor of striker Richarlison, who scored the goal.
The video of the little dance became one of the most talked about topics on the internet in recent hours, but the coach was afraid that it would reverberate as disrespect for the opposing team and coach Paulo Bento.
“I’m very careful, because there are always those who are mean who will understand it as disrespect. I asked them to hide me a little bit and I didn’t want it to have any other interpretation than the sense of joy for the goal, for the team, for the performance. Joy for that and not disrespect for the opponent or for Paulo Bento, who I’ve known and admired since Cruzeiro. But then I couldn’t hide it [a dancinha] (laughs)”, said the coach, who also explained where the idea for the little dance came from:
“We try to adapt to the characteristics of the group and the athletes, I adapt to their language, which has a dance language, as a joke. One day there was dancing in the locker room, I tried to join and they removed me from the “Molejo group”. if I learned the dance. But the dance is hard as hell! Then it passed, they were kidding. But this dance there [do Pombo] I can do something similar, but it’s pretty bad. And I said to him: ‘if you do [gol]you can come and I’ll dance'”, said Tite.
See photos of the match between Brazil and South Korea in the World Cup
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Exterior of the 974 stadium before the match between Brazil and South Korea
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Brazil locker room at Estadio 974 before the match against South Korea
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Alisson, goalkeeper of Brazil, arrives at stadium 974 for the match against South Korea
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Brazil fans before the match against South Korea
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Danilo and Neymar in the warm-up for the match against South Korea
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Players from Brazil and South Korea lined up for the anthems
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Brazilian fans during the performance of the national anthem
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Neymar, from Brazil, and Son, from Korea, embrace before the match for the round of 16 of the Cup
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Vini Jr. celebrates his first World Cup goals
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Brazilian players do a little dance after a goal by Vini Jr. about south korea
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Brazil players celebrate a goal against Korea at the World Cup
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Neymar celebrates after scoring against South Korea in the last 16 of the World Cup
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Neymar thanks him after scoring his first goal at this World Cup
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Neymar goes to Alex Telles to hug his teammate who was cut from the World Cup
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Neymar hugs Alex TGelles after scoring against South Korea in the World Cup
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Neymar in action for Brazil during a match against South Korea
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Richarlison celebrates after scoring against South Korea in the World Cup
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Tite does ‘Pigeon Dance’ to celebrate Richarlison’s goal against South Korea
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Paquetá celebrates after scoring his first World Cup goal
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Paquetá catches first to score against South Korea in the World Cup
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Tite during the match against South Korea in the Round of 16 of the World Cup
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Alisson celebrates Brazil’s goal against South Korea
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Richarlison in action for Brazil against South Korea
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Neymar in duel between Brazil and South Korea, for the round of 16 of the World Cup
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Eder Militão is received by Tite, after being replaced by Daniel Alves
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The athlete was replaced by Gabriel Martinelli
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Raphinha handles the ball in a game between Brazil and South Korea
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Guesung Cho of South Korea is hit by Casemiro during a match for the round of 16 of the World Cup
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Lee Jae-sung regrets wasted chance in game between Brazil and South Korea
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Alisson and Thiago Silva defend Brazil’s goal against South Korea.
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Weverton replaces Alisson during a match against South Korea in the Round of 16 of the World Cup
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Lucas Paquetá celebrates his goal with his teammates, during Brazil’s 4-1 victory over South Korea, in the Round of 16 of the World Cup
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Seungho Paik celebrates the first and only South Korean goal against Brazil, during the round of 16, for the World Cup in Qatar
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National team athletes hold a banner in honor of Pelé
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Brazilian players celebrate qualifying for the quarterfinals after the team beat South Korea 4-1
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Brazilian fans honor Pelé with a flag, in Brazil’s 4-1 victory over South Korea, at Estádio 974
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Players were thrilled with qualifying for the round of 16. Brazil returns to the field this Friday (9), at 12h (BrasÃlia time).
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Athletes from the Brazilian national team pose next to a banner in honor of Pelé
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Tite’s fear was confirmed. Former Ireland and Manchester United player Roy Keane criticized the dancing of the national team players and skewered the coach on live TV: “It’s disrespectful. Even the coach is in the middle. I don’t like that.”
Richarlison, who scored the national team’s third goal against South Korea, praised the coach’s performance in the hidden dance: “Congratulations are due. He’s a little stuck, but what matters is that he’s happy.”
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