Brazil coach Tite fumes as Leeds ace Raphinha needs 5 stitches: Just impossible! Inconceivable! | OneFootball

Brazil coach Tite fumes as Leeds ace Raphinha needs 5 stitches: Just impossible! Inconceivable! | OneFootball

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·17 November 2021

Brazil coach Tite fumes as Leeds ace Raphinha needs 5 stitches: Just impossible! Inconceivable!

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Brazil coach Tite was furious after their draw with World Cup qualifying opponents Argentina.

A clash between Brazil's Leeds winger Raphinha and Argentina defender Otamendi, formerly of Manchester City, was the subject of Tite's ire. An elbow from Otamendi left Raphinha needing five stitches close to his mouth.


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Afterwards, Tite fumed: "It's just impossible, I'll repeat, it's just impossible not to see Otamendi's elbow on Raphinha.

"Would that determine the result? I don't know. It was a great game, but there is an element that has to be equal. A high level referee with VAR you can't work this way, it's inconceivable..."

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