Dunga steps down as Brazil dumped from World Cup
Carlos Dunga has stepped down as Brazil coach following their World Cup elimination by Holland.
After Robinho opened the scoring, Felipe Melo's own goal and the first headed strike of Wesley Sneijder's career saw the Dutch come from behind to edge past the Brazilians and into the semi-finals.
Dunga said: "We are all extremely saddened. We didn't expect this and we hoped for a different result.
"We knew it was going to be a very delicate, very difficult game, but we weren't able to maintain the rhythm we had in the first half in the second half."
Asked about his future, Dunga added: "We knew when I started that I would be here for four years.
"It's sad, it's difficult, nobody prepares to lose."
Goalkeeper Julio Cesar was as shocked by the result as his coach but told his team-mates to try not to be too downbeat.
"It's not the end of the world," Cesar told a television reporter as a tear rolled down his face.
"I just think now we have to leave with our heads held high.
"In Brazil people always put a lot of pressure on us. This was a result no one expected. Every game Brazil enters, we enter to win."
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Comments (12)
maman,nobody wants to see boring defensive football..if ur a defensive side,that would only mean two things,ur team are weak and ur manager is a coward in disguise..attacking football are the real football,the samba brazil brought long ago,that's beautiful football,but dunga throw it all away by opting to be a coward and play defensive football just to get a good result..they must also remember,they're not playing for their entertainment only,but they must bring the joy to the fans to watch,so that even if they lost,fans would not blame on a boring game..Ronaldinho was at the top of his game,Dunga simply make the biggest mistake by dropping him instead of dropping robinho who i would strongly suggest that he's very overrated..and playing dirty football doesn't help brazil's cause,there should have been a dozen of cards for brazil yesterday..holland played well though they didn't get their rythm until the second half..it was a tight game,but as a holland fan,i'm glad we got through without any serious injuries..i was afraid when i saw melo stomped on Robben..that's one of the reason why i said brazil played dirty..sneijder and robben was on top form yesterday..
Dunga u'r a disgrace to Brazilian FA In diz present world we are, if given advise u av to take it, take Ronaldinho u refused. Dunga u'r a failure, if am given d brazilian team i wil perform far far better than u.
Not taking Ronaldinho was the worst thing possible. Now you see why everybody was shouting at you to take Ronnie. Stubborn fool. Last WC's team would have killed your defensive Brazil. Brazilians were saying 2006 was a nightmare, but this one was more of one because Brazil achieved the same result, but played boring football. Brazil barely lost to France in 2006. Don't try to put a English type football style on players that play samba, or else they will fall against strong teams.
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