By Samindra Kunti
June 16 – Brazil have wasted no time in sacking their coach Carlos Dunga after their shock exit from the Copa America Centenario being played in the US. Corinthians coach Tite has become the frontrunner to succeed Dunga. But in a federation haunted by endless allegations of corruption, at the top of the CBF pyramid there will be no change.
Dunga captained Brazil to success at the 94 USA World Cup and he became the coach of the Brazilian national team for a second team in 2014 after Brazil’s disastrous World Cup campaign.
In the United States, his Brazil team were knocked out in the group stages with a 1-0 to a young and experimental Peruvian team sealing their fate, and Dunga’s. They had beaten Haiti 7-1 and drawn 0-0 with Ecuador in the other group games.
Dunga had previously coached Brazil at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when Holland eliminated the Selecao in the quarter-finals.
Tite from Corinthians, Brazil’s biggest club, is the favorite to succeed Dunga. He led the club to the Brazilian Serie A title in 2011 and 2015, as well as the Copa Libertadores and World Club Cup in 2012.
If Tite is appointed, he will coach Brazil, including Barcelona start Neymar, at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August. Brazil are in search of their first, and much coveted, Olympic gold medal.
Dunga’s replacement will take over a Brazil side which has made a poor start to qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, occupying sixth place in the South American qualifying group.
The new coach will also bring in a new back room staff. The top administrators at the CBF remain, however.
Marco Polo del Nero, the CBF’s current president, didn’t travel to the United Sates and the Copa America out of fear that he would likely have been arrested and indicted.
Del Nero has not left Brazil for many months and has seen his influence, at both FIFA and CONMEBOL, wane considerably. Del Nero is the successor of Jose Maria Marin and Ricardo Teixeira. Marin is currently in the US indicted on corruption charges.
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