Copa America

Brazil fires national team coach Dunga

The Brazilian football Association from the early From his national team at the Copa America with his national coach. A Handtor in the last preliminary round game sealed Dungas fate.

The Brazilian football Federation CBF has responded to the embarrassing preliminary round exit at the Copa America in the USA and national coach Carlos Dunga dismissed. As a possible successor Tite is traded, Trainer of champion Corinthians of Sao Paulo. A few weeks before the football tournament at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Gilmar Rinaldi, the coordinator of all national teams had to take his hat.

Dunga, a former professional VfB Stuttgart and world champion, captain of 1994, should start as the successor to Luiz Felipe Scolari after the world Cup debacle of 2014, with the 1:7-embarrassment in the semi-final against Germany, a rebuild of the Selecao. With 18 Wins in 26 Games, he has even a positive balance. However, after the quarter-final exit at the Copa America in the previous year, and the currently in sixth place in the qualification for the world Cup 2018 in Russia, the 0:1 against Peru was in on Monday night, the third defeat under his direction, the person in charge of the CBF, a Bankruptcy too much.

Dismissal due to Handtor

Bitter for Dunga: The decisive defeat against the Peruvians, had been an irregular goal. Peru goalscorer Raul Ruidiaz struck the Ball in the 75. Minute, clearly with the Hand into the goal. The Uruguayan referee Andres Cunha declared a hit despite the minutes-long consultation on the radio for valid and sealed the From the Brazilian, which is a draw to Reach the next round would have been enough.

For Dunga, the second term as Brazilian national coach ends. From 2006 to 2010 he was responsible for. At the time, he won the Copa America in 2007 and confederations Cup 2009.

asz/sn (sid, dpa)