Scolari out as Brazil manager
Brazil will be searching for a new coach after dismissing Luiz
Felipe Scolari, according to a report by TV Globo.
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) have decided not to
ask Scolari, whose contract expired at the end of the World
Cup, to return as manager on a new deal, with an official
announcement planned for Monday, according to Globo.
Scolari took over as manager of Brazil for the second time in
2012 and led his players to the Confederations Cup title in
2013, but he came up short at the main event this summer.
The favoured hosts finished fourth in the World Cup. Eventual
champions Germany hammered them 7-1 in the semifinals,
and the Selecao followed that up with a 3-0 defeat to the
Netherlands in the third-place game.
Scolari, 65, will conclude his time in charge of Brazil with a
record of 19 wins, six draws and four defeats.
At his final news conference after the loss to the Netherlands,
Scolari was coy on his future.
"If we won or lost, my position was always going to be vacant,"
Scolari said, referring to his expiring contract.
"When we started, we had a deadline to quit our jobs at the
end of the World Cup regardless of the result. That is exactly
what we are going to do, which is what was agreed upon with
the final report for the [CBF] president."
He did have the support of the CBF's president-elect, Marco
Polo Del Nero, who will take over as CBF chief next year. But
that apparently will not be enough for Scolari to keep his
position.
The entire coaching staff will be replaced, Globo reported.
Felipe Scolari, according to a report by TV Globo.
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) have decided not to
ask Scolari, whose contract expired at the end of the World
Cup, to return as manager on a new deal, with an official
announcement planned for Monday, according to Globo.
Scolari took over as manager of Brazil for the second time in
2012 and led his players to the Confederations Cup title in
2013, but he came up short at the main event this summer.
The favoured hosts finished fourth in the World Cup. Eventual
champions Germany hammered them 7-1 in the semifinals,
and the Selecao followed that up with a 3-0 defeat to the
Netherlands in the third-place game.
Scolari, 65, will conclude his time in charge of Brazil with a
record of 19 wins, six draws and four defeats.
At his final news conference after the loss to the Netherlands,
Scolari was coy on his future.
"If we won or lost, my position was always going to be vacant,"
Scolari said, referring to his expiring contract.
"When we started, we had a deadline to quit our jobs at the
end of the World Cup regardless of the result. That is exactly
what we are going to do, which is what was agreed upon with
the final report for the [CBF] president."
He did have the support of the CBF's president-elect, Marco
Polo Del Nero, who will take over as CBF chief next year. But
that apparently will not be enough for Scolari to keep his
position.
The entire coaching staff will be replaced, Globo reported.
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