People who live in the football department’s day-to-day life only respond with clichés like “We’ll keep working. Time to talk less and work more.” Others, who orbit power in Gávea, make predictions: “I believe that a defeat will make the climate unsustainable.”
This creates the climate for exchange. Paying a fine has become routine, no one is surprised anymore. Those who follow Tite’s day-to-day life say that the coach is not thinking about resigning. “If a catastrophe doesn’t happen, he will continue until the end of the contract.”
But this disaster is not unlikely, as red and black football seems capable of plunging further into crisis. Tite desperately needs results against Corinthians and on Wednesday, against Bolivar.
Otherwise, the list of beheaders could be expanded. It includes Domenèc Torrent, Rogério Ceni, Paulo Sousa, Vitor Pereira and Jorge Sampaoli, all fired. Renato Portaluppi and Dorival Júnior did not have their contracts renewed. In common? Everyone lived through moments like the ones Tite faces today.
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