Carlos Parreira
Carlos Parreira
example lead model national
He has to lead the national team. He has to be a model and an example.
against allowed champion changing defending fifa immense played players similar thank
I was against the defending champion having to qualify, but we need to thank FIFA for changing the rules. We would have immense difficulties if we hadn't played the qualifiers. It allowed our players to play in a competitive situation, similar to what they will find in the Cup.
deciding good left miss players problems teams
Other teams have problems deciding who will be picked, we have problems deciding who will be left out. Some very good players will miss out because we can only take 23.
calendar depend fifa four planning three
Planning doesn't depend on us. I wanted to play three or four games. The FIFA calendar isn't enough.
beat definitely describe feels good hard references
It definitely feels different to beat Argentina. They are one of the references in world soccer. It's hard to describe how good this feels right now.
ask lose players purposely
I would never ask my players to purposely lose a match, this is out of the question.
best friendly less team year
We have less than one year before the World Cup. I want to have the best team in all the games, the qualifiers and every friendly before the competition.
chance cup finished focus months next nine stage today tournament
Today we finished the first stage of our World Cup preparation, now we have nine months to focus on the tournament. But we need to keep working hard, we still have a chance to finish the qualifying tournament in first place. That's our next goal.
achieved months nine
We've achieved the first task. Now we have nine months to see what we can do with our team.
preserve
We want to preserve his health. He's not being dropped.
goal welcome
Goal celebrations are always welcome on the Brazilian team. But there should be limits.
brazil friendly games historical rivalry
Because of the historical rivalry there are no friendly games between Brazil and Argentina.
final help opportunity six
I had to use the opportunity to make six substitutions ... to help make the final selection.
recover return stop three
He will stop for two or three weeks, can recover and return in even better condition.