Dunga Sacked as Brazil Coach with Tite Waiting in the Wings

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Published: June 15, 2016

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Well, that’s that then. The inevitable was confirmed on Tuesday, with Dunga being relieved of his duties as coach of the Brazil national football team, as reported by Euan McKirdy at CNN.com.

It marked the Selecao's worst showing at a Copa America competition since 1923, in which they lost all three of their games.

The bare statistics don’t make awful reading for the 1994 World Cup-winning captain, which just goes to show relying on numbers alone only ever tells part of the story. In total, Dunga earned 18 victories from 26 games, including a string of 10 successive wins at the start of his spell, albeit all in friendly matches.

However, his reign included just five victories in competitive games, and the side only managed to find the back of the net in a solitary game at the Copa America Centenario.

To rub a little salt into Dunga’s open wound, his team were the only one to concede against group whipping boys Haiti. Two years on from the World Cup debacle and Brazil are back where they started.



Not only for the premature exit itself, but also in terms of inspiration and excitement for the viewing public, this year’s failure must go down as one of the lowest ebbs. Across three games, Brazil only managed to ignite in what was a glorified training exercise against Haiti.

The sheer predictability of Dunga’s setup was hopelessly exposed in the United States, with the former midfield enforcer showing neither inclination nor the knowhow to change the scenario.

Furthermore, his prickly nature and downright baffling decisions succeeded in turning an already unenthusiastic public against him. The coach’s decision to stop calling up Thiago Silva, the finest Brazilian central defender on the planet, spoke volumes of his dictatorial attitude.

It was never likely to be a happy ending, and his acrimonious relationship with the nation&rsq...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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