Losing to Argentina in World Cup qualifiers, Brazil coach was dismissed

On the evening of March 28, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) issued a statement announcing that coach Dorival Júnior was no longer responsible for leading the national team and sent thanks and wishes for the 62-year-old coach to continue to reap success in his career.

CBF will urgently look for someone to replace him to continue steering, leading Brazil through the qualifying journey to win the right to attend the 23rd World Cup in history.

Coach Dorival Júnior fired by CBF

In January 2024, after a period of pursuit but still receiving a firm shake of the head from Carlo Ancelotti, CBF was forced to turn to Dorival Júnior, who was very successful in leading Flamengo to win the double of Copa Libertadores and Brazilian Cup in 2022 and a year later, continued to lead Sao Paulo to the Brazilian Cup championship.

Defeat by Argentina was the last straw for Brazilian football

With no experience working at the national team level, Dorival Júnior seems unable to keep up with the schedule and work pressure at the "Selecao" for over a year. Brazilian football fans cannot accept the difficult situation of the yellow-green army when the team has only won 7 out of 16 matches, and even more so, cannot ignore the 1-4 defeat of the five-time world champion team at the hands of their neighbors and arch-rivals Argentina in the latest World Cup qualifying round...

Brazil failed in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup and then the quarterfinals of the 2024 Copa America

Not to mention, the aftermath of the defeat from Copa América 2024, where Brazil was defeated by Uruguay in the quarter-finals, is still quite heavy and harsh, making the CBF unable to be patient anymore.

Brazil is currently ranked 4th in the provisional South American World Cup qualifying rankings. In theory, this ranking is enough for the "Selecao" to get a place in the final round in North America 2026, but in reality, the current poor performance cannot guarantee Brazil to keep this position.

Brazil has no shortage of talented players but their style of play is really problematic.

In the last 4 matches, Brazil must pay special attention to the series of matches in June when they will visit the second-placed team Ecuador and then return home to welcome the 5th-placed team Paraguay. If they continue to play with their current ups and downs, Brazil will find it difficult to maintain 4th place and could be completely knocked out of the Top 6, including the play-off spot (7th place) currently belonging to Venezuela.

The defeat to Argentina was the last straw, forcing CBF chief Ednaldo Rodrigues to decide to act immediately with the consensus of the federation’s members. Since Tite left after the 2022 World Cup, Brazil have been in a spiral of instability. They were eliminated early in the Copa America, lost five of their 14 World Cup qualifiers, and conceded 16 goals.

Brazil's performance has dropped significantly.

A 1-0 defeat to Argentina at the Maracanã in late 2023 was Brazil’s first home defeat in World Cup qualifying. They also lost to Colombia for the first time, failed to extend their two-decade unbeaten run against Uruguay and were beaten back-to-back by African sides like Morocco and Senegal, something that has never happened before.

CBF may contact to invite "old friend" Carlo Ancelotti again, or consider inviting coach Felipe Luis of Flamengo, although club president Eduardo Baptista quickly rejected this possibility.

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