Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 18 -- New Botafogo manager Tite said that his immediate priority is survival as a tightly contested league leaves mid-table teams at risk of relegation.
Botafogo is currently 11th in Brazil's 20-team top flight standings, seven points clear of the drop zone with 11 matchdays remaining.
"Being at this club allows you to have ambition, to set goals," the former Brazil head coach said in his first press conference as Botafogo manager on Thursday.
"But there's also this reality where every team that hasn't secured enough points to escape the danger zone is still in that dogfight, in that struggle."Tite replaces Rodrigo Bellao, who had filled the role on an interim basis after Franclim Carvalho was sacked on August 18.
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