2024-01-11 04:46:23
Rio de Janeiro (AFP)
The Brazilian Football Confederation confirmed the appointment of his compatriot Dorival Junior as the new coach of his country’s national team, officially ending the controversy over who takes responsibility for the fate of the five-time world champion.
The Brazilian Federation said in a press statement announcing the presentation of the former Sao Paulo coach in Rio de Janeiro: “Dorival Junior is the new coach of the Brazilian men’s national team.”
The Brazilian Federation did not reveal the duration of the contract, but local media indicated that it would continue until the end of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The formalization of the appointment of Dorival Junior, to succeed Fernando Diniz, who was “dismissed” from his position last week, was expected after the Sao Paulo club announced the departure of its coach since last April to join the national team’s technical management.
Dorival Junior, 61 years old, succeeds his compatriot Diniz, 49 years old, who since last July has been combining the positions of national team coach and the Fluminense team, with whom he won the 2023 Libertadores Cup.
The Italian coach of the Spanish club Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, was the Brazilian Federation’s first choice to succeed Diniz after the end of his contract with the Royal Club at the end of the season, to lead the Brazilian national team in the Copa America next July in the United States, but Ancelotti renewed his contract with the “Merengue”, which prompted… The Brazilian Federation urgently searches for a new coach.
A year after being eliminated from the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by Croatia, the Seleção occupies sixth place out of ten in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, a position not worthy of the only country that has participated in 22 editions of the World Cup. It won five titles, which is a record.
Dorival Junior is expected to officially begin his mission next March in two international friendly matches on the “Old Continent” against England and Spain.
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