DOHA: All questions for Brazil on eve of their quarterfinal against Croatia revolved around dance. There were a few references to ‘disrespect’, which made the avuncular Tite grimace a little, but otherwise he seemed to greatly enjoy parrying questions on the idea of dance since it would enable him to invoke Brazilian identity and their way of life.
If, on eve of a quarter final against a team that had caused the first tremor in their World Cup at home, an ignominious and quickly brushed under own goal in the 2014 opener, are about dance, then Tite has the easiest job in world football. To think, they are here in Qatar chasing a world title that has eluded them for two decades, the last one coming in 2002.
