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Brazil's Tite blasts 'absurd' state of Copa surface

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AFP Porto Alegre
Last Updated : Jun 28 2019 | 4:20 PM IST

Fuming Brazil coach Tite raged at the state of the Gremio Arena pitch after the Copa America hosts squeezed past dogged Paraguay on penalties to reach the semi-finals.

Brazil played more than 40 minutes with a numerical advantage following the sending off of Fabian Balbuena but couldn't find a route past Paraguay's defensive fortress, needing penalties to progress after a 0-0 draw.

And Tite blamed the pitch for the lack of flowing football from his struggling side.

"There is room for improvement," he said. "But that's also possible when you play passes on a good ground.

"All the players asked me to complain about it. It's absurd at such a high level match to have a ground that is so hard to pass the ball on.

"We needed three touches to pass the ball forward. It's absurd to have such bad quality. It's inconceivable anywhere in the world to have such a bad ground."
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"Now we need to relax and concentrate on the next opponents."

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First Published: Jun 28 2019 | 4:20 PM IST

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