Transfer News: Brazil Hires Carlos Dunga as National Coach After Luis Scolari Resigns

After Luis Scolari resigned as coach of the Brazilian national team, Carlos Dunga was appointed in his stead.

On July 23, 2014, the Confederation of Brazilian Football (CBF) confirmed Carlos Dunga's selection as Brazil's new coach. Scolari resigned after Brazil suffered a terrible loss against Germany, with a final score of 7-1 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the country itself.

In a report by Huffington Post, Dunga seemed to be a good fit as the new head of the team. It is not Dunga's first time to coach Selecao. He previously coached the team to the quarterfinals during the 2010 World Cup. He also used to be the team captain of Brazil in the 1994 World Cup, ultimately winning the title.

In 1998, he also captained the national team at the World Cup and led them to the finals in France. He coached Brazil in the 2007 Copa America and 2009 Confederations Cup, with the team ultimately winning both tournaments.

According to Bleacher Report, a lot of people still remember Dunga for being the man behind Brazil's loss against the Netherlands, during the quarterfinals with a final score of 2-1, after leading 1-0 during halftime. The loss put an end to his role as manager. Under Scolari during the 2014 World Cup, Brazil still lost to the Netherlands in the third-place game, with a final score of 3-0. This was after the 7-1 loss against Germany.

Some experts were skeptical about putting Dunga over Scolari. Statistics-wise, Scolari won 71.4% of his World Cup games compared to Dunga, who only won 60%. Some said that the problem was not in the players' attitude. The team would have benefited from Dunga's tough approach if they had issues with disobedient or wayward players. However, Brazil is rich in terms of talent pool. It was Scolari's poor selection that caused the big losses.

Dunga, however, expressed how much he wanted to be at the helm of the team and that he can turn things around. He shared, "We are not the best anymore. We were once. We cannot win just by wearing the Brazil shirt anymore."

He added, "I'm not going to sell a dream. It's reality. The reality is there is a lot of work needed. So when you create high expectations for the fans, football is unpredictable. Nothing is for sure. You have to win every day, every second, every minute, and every time football is growing all over the world the more people are getting better and more competent. They are very engaged. There will be a lot of work too. We can't act like we're the best. No. We were the best, but we have to save this capability that we have. We have talent to do this, but we aren't humble enough to recognize that the other national teams have worked very hard, for many years, to get where they are today and where they've got to, and we have to work very hard to be able to get back to where we once were, and to have the right to be within the best in the world."