Tite has exited as manager of Brazil following their loss to Croatia in the quarterfinals.

"I think we need to be ready to share our joy and also willing to share our sadness and I think there is a new generation of players that will find strength in adversity and I understand I am the most responsible one," added Tite.

"It is not about being a villain or a hero, there is no such thing in sport. That is football, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose."

Tite was hired by Brazil in 2016 and announced before the start of the World Cup he would exit regardless of the result.

"It's a painful defeat but I'm at peace with myself, it's the end of the cycle," he said.

"It was a whole four-year process. Before it was a recovery process but now there's been a whole sequence. I cannot make an assessment of the entire cycle but over time you and other people will do that."