Criticism Of The Selebration Dance Of Hot-Thirs Brazilian Players, Tite Serang Balik Roy Keane

The samba dance performed by Brazilian players at the 2022 World Cup. (Photo: Instagram.com/@cbf_futebol)

JAKARTA - The coach of the Brazilian national team, Tite, attacked Roy Keane over criticism of the celebration dance of the Samba Team. According to Tite, the comments made by Keane were too harsh.

Brazilian players celebrated every goal netted against South Korea on Tuesday, December 6, with their signature dances.

In Richarlison's third goal in the round of 16, Tite even danced with his team on the sidelines.

In Roy Keane's view, the Brazilian dance celebration demeaned the opponent. The thing that made Keane furious the most was when Tite danced with Vinicius Junior cs in the 4-1 victory.

"Yes, I don't like that. Eni (Aluko) has talked about culture and that is their way, but I think this is very disrespectful of the opponent," Keane said on ITV earlier.

"The score is 4-0 and they do it all the time. I don't mind the first little dance or whatever they do. But next, and then the coaches too!"

"I'm not happy. I don't think it's good. I don't respect it," Keane continued.

Tite responded to Keane's scathing comments. The 61-year-old coach assessed what the players were doing was a natural thing as a symbol of celebration.

"I have to be careful because there are always rude people who say it's disrespectful. This is a demonstration of joy, a celebration," Tite said, as quoted by The Sun on Thursday, December 8.

Tite's statement received full support from Lucas Paqueta. The midfielder said the dance of the players at the time was not meant to demean opponents.

"The dance is a representation of our joy after scoring goals. We didn't do it to demean anyone, we didn't dance in front of the opponent," Paqueta said.

"We all gathered to celebrate. If they don't like it, then nothing more can be said," he concluded.