Brazil’s Coach Dunga sacked after disappointing World Cup
The Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) has confirmed in a statement that the coach and former captain Dunga has been dismissed as well as all his staff. The Brazilian team returned home on Sunday with Dunga who had already said that he was probably leaving after the team lost 2 – 1 to the Netherlands.
It has been announced that there will be a new coach before the end of the month. It is thought that Corinthians manager Mano Menezes, former AC Milan coach Leonardo and Wanderley Luxemburgo are all possible candidates for the job. Luiz Felipe Scolari, the coach that led Brazil to victory in the 2002 World Cup, has said that he is not interested in the job because of his commitment to the club Palmeiras.
Dunga is famous in Brazil thanks to his successful campaign as Brazil’s captain in the World Cup of 1994 held in the United States. Despite the fact that he had never had any professional coaching experience, in 2006 he became national coach taking over from Carlos Alberto Parreira.
He has a more pragmatic style of play which has divided opinions in Brazil; some believe that it is suppressing the natural attacking style of the team. However, his departure is not necessarily a result of the disappointment at this year’s World Cup. In 2009 he announced that he would be leaving after this campaign regardless of how well the team did.
The statement from the CBF read, "With the closing of the work cycle that started in August 2006 and ended with the elimination of Brazil from the World Cup in South Africa, the CBF announces the dismissal of the technical commission of the Brazilian team.”
The new coach will first have to prepare the team for the 2011 South American Championship, the Copa America which will be held in Argentina. However, all work will be building up to the 2014 World Cup which is going to be held in Brazil for the first time since 1950.
