Brazil coach Tite has admitted he made a mistake by not replacing Juventus defender Danilo in the match between his team and Serbia.
The Brazilians won the game 2-0, but it came at a cost after Danilo and Neymar suffered ankle injuries.
Tite has now admitted that he should have replaced them sooner as the very physical Serbs kept the tackles flying.
He said via Football Italia:
“It was not a reckless tackle, the player [Milenkovic] did not want to hurt neymarbut maybe someone before him wanted to do it.
“I had not calculated how much neymar he was injured, but I replaced him after I found out. I should have replaced it and Danilo earlier,”
Juve FC says
Danilo is one of the fittest players on our team and this injury means he was hit hard by his opponents.
We’ve got your back to get back in shape soon and contribute to your country’s quest to win the competition.
More importantly, we need him to be fit when he returns from competition so that he can make a contribution to our team.
We finished the first half of the season very well and we should start the second in a similar way.
