Can Dunga Clean Up His Brazil Mess in Time to Challenge for the Copa America?

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Published: June 8, 2016

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Fractional. The difference between Brazil humiliatingly losing the first game of the Copa America Centenario against Ecuador and escaping with a 0-0 draw.

So fractional that the latter happened at the Rose Bowl in Santa Clara, when it should have been the former.

Miller Bolanos' effort from the byline was fumbled in by Brazil's goalkeeper Alisson at his near post; it was an embarrassing mistake, but not one for which he was made to pay.

The officiating team deemed the ball to have been fractionally out of play before Bolanos fired it in, although replays indicated that the whole sphere did not cross the line.



Ecuador's manager Gustavo Quinteros lashed out after the game, claiming that if the positions had been reversed—had it been the Selecao scoring a goal like that—it would have stood.

Per ESPN, he said:

I just saw the replay several times, and unfortunately the referees again make a mistake in favor of the stronger team. In fact, if the play had been on the other side, we doubt very much that the referee would have decided to invalidate that goal.

So we're very angry about that. All that effort, all that work, and we get a goal taken away from us.

Ecuador are not a bad team by any means, but this sort of game should be Brazil’s bread and butter. It was anything but—Dunga’s team are a mess. The coach blamed various problems they’ve suffered from this year.

"What haven't we had here in the United States?" he said at his pre-match press conference ahead of Brazil's clash with Haiti on Wednesday night in Orlando, per the Daily Mail.

To be fair to the coach, the disallowed goal was the only thing that has gone right for Brazil so far this summer. Everything else has been a disaster. Starting with Neymar.

Dunga flew to Barcelona in the home straight of Barcelona's season, as the Brazi...
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