After the harsh 4-1 loss to Argentina and a disastrous performance of the Brazilian team in the qualifiers, the coach Dorival Junior which already had the work quite contested by the fans, saw the pressure grow even more.
With just over a year to the World Cup, the president of CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), Ednaldo Rodrigues it was already demonstrating some distance from the coach in recent months. He is now increasingly charged to change the coach of the national team in time for a new coach to be able to give the team tactical consistency.
Reelected on Monday (24) for a new term by 2030, Ednaldo left the Monumental de Núñez without speaking to the press, but with the promise that he would comment on Wednesday (26). Sought, the CBF has not confirmed if the leader will speak.
Even before the defeat against the Argentines, however, the top hat already gave signs that patience with Dorival’s work was close to the end.
“We analyze the work is not for a match, not for training, we analyze in a linear way. And it is a work that until then the CBF has been supported, both to the coaching staff,” the manager told journalists after being reelected on Monday.
“What I reiterate, from the CBF, that everything that is requested from the administration, in the person of its president, is made available. Everything. What is the best conditions for athletes, for the coaching staff, anyway. But also, what I put is that the result in the field, this one we have no control. I have no control of the result in the field,” he added.
Speculated coaches for Dorival Júnior’s vacancy
With Dorival on the tightrope, coaches that have already been speculated in the national team were considered again. Five of them will have their teams at the FIFA Club World Cup, which takes place between June and July in the United States, which can postpone any announcement by the CBF.
One of the names that Ednaldo has already publicly signaled that he would like to see with the coach of the coach of the pental champion is from Italian Carlo Ancelotti.
Upon taking charge of the entity, the leader tried to get him out of Real Madrid, leaving Fernando Diniz as a buffer for six months, but saw his plans frustrated when the coach chose to renew with the merengues until June 2026.
With the imminent dismissal of Dorival, Ancelotti has the name linked to the selection again. However, even if this time he agrees to break the bond with the real, the departure should not happen before the World Cup – the inaugural match of the tournament is on June 14.
The Spaniards are in Group H, along with Pachuca, RB Salzburg and Al Hilal. Portuguese Jorge Jesuscoach of the Saudi club, is another who has had the name speculated in the national team.
Multi -champion with Flamengo, Luso himself has already admitted that he would like to lead the Canarinha team. “It’s an ambition, I don’t deny,” he said in September last year.
Its name, however, has been more on the rise and would not be among the favorites of the current president of the CBF. Jesus declared at the time that he thought the dream was difficult to materialize, seeing the closed doors for foreigners to occupy the post.
He is not the only coach outside having his name considered at CBF. The countryman Abel Ferreirawhich will be in the World Cup with Palmeiras, has also had requests of fans to be ahead of Brazil.
One of the biggest title winners with Alviverde, Abel has a contract with Palmeiras by the end of 2025, but the club’s desire is to renew with the coach for another two years. In an interview with Roda Viva, from TV Cultura, in 2022, the Portuguese disconcerted the desire to take over the selection, at the time with the position of Vago coach after Tite’s departure.
“I do not make long term plans. I live here and now. I live 100% the moment here. I do not make plans forward. It is not my way to be and being,” said Abel.
Guardiola another foreigner who will be in the World Cup, with Manchester City, is also an old desire for fans to give a new direction to poor football practiced by national formation for some time.
In a bad phase with the English club, Guardiola even played on taking over Brazil after a 4-1 defeat suffered for Sporting at Champions League last November.
“I think after losing a rout game, I’m no longer an option for Brazil [risos]. My focus now is just lifting the city’s team back to the highest level of football, “said the coach, who has a contract until 2027.
Beyond foreign names, which are still among the commonly speculated José Mourinho and even Zidane, Filipe Luís, Flamengo – Also in the Club World Cup – is today one that emerges as the most promising of the new crop of Brazilian technicians.
At the head of the red-black since October 2024, the former defender has won three titles with the team in just six months-Brazilian Cup, Super Cup and Carioca-and would have signaled to the club board that does not intend to leave.