Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Dunga staying with Brazil

Dunga has reiterated he has no intention of stepping down as coach of Brazil.

The former World Cup winner is enduring a tough time at the head of the Selecao, capped by Sunday's unconvincing performance from the Under-23 side in a 1-0 friendly win over a combined Rio de Janeiro team as a warm-up for the Olympics.

That followed a 2-0 defeat to Paraguay and a 0-0 draw with Argentina for the senior side in the World Cup qualifiers, as well as a friendly loss at the hands of Venezuela.

The results have left fans and media questioning Dunga's position, but he said: "I have a job to do here and we're doing it.

"People question the results, but they don't remember that most of the players were on holidays in their respective leagues.

"The same thing happened with (Carlos Alberto) Parreira, with (Mario) Zagallo and even with Felipao (Luiz Felipe Scolari).

"Are we all wrong?"

Perreira coached Brazil to glory in the 1994 World Cup, Zagallo in 1970 and Scolari in 2002.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/other/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/08/06/23/SOCCER_Bra-Brazil_Dunga.html&TEAMHD=foreign

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