Is It Time for Brazil to Get Behind Dunga as Selecao Boss?

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Published: July 3, 2015

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With much grinding and gnashing of teeth, as is customary when Brazil bow out of any tournament, it has been announced this week that Dunga will be staying on as Brazil coach for the World Cup qualifiers, scheduled to kick off in October.

Suffice to say, the news has not been met in this corner of the world with the warmest enthusiasm. The 1994 World Cup-winning captain is not everyone’s cup of tea.

His first spell, despite bringing a number of successes (the 2007 Copa America, the 2009 Confederations Cup, top of the World Cup qualifying group including an excellent 3-1 win away to Argentina in Rosario), remains tainted by the World Cup quarter-final defeat to Holland.

During his second spell, the honeymoon period has been far shorter. There were those 10 successive friendly wins, the most impressive of which was the 3-1 triumph away to France, where the side showed mental strength and backbone to come back from going a goal down against first-class opposition.



But at the moment of truth, and in their first competitive test since the World Cup, that edge and toughness deserted the Selecao. Reading newspaper columns and watching television bulletins as pundits, former players and fans pick apart the carcass of Brazil’s Copa America tournament can give you the feeling not everyone is entirely disappointed with the Brazilian elimination.

Suddenly, there was another stick with which to beat their beleaguered boss. Surely, it couldn’t be too long before he was hastily ushered toward the exit for a second time in five years.

Except that is not the case this time. Dunga has failed, but he will carry on, as confirmed this week by the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, Marco Polo Del Nero, as reported by Goal Brasil (link in Portuguese).

On paper, the coach’s record of 14 games, 12 victories, a draw and a defeat looks perfectly accepta...
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