Brazil eye Dunga as Scolari successor

Brazil could appoint former coach Dunga to
replace Luiz Felipe Scolari as national team boss,
media reports indicated Saturday, despite ex-
Corinthians coach Tite being considered the long
time favourite.
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) earlier
confirmed it will unveil its choice of Scolari's
successor on Tuesday at 11 a.m. (1400 GMT) in
western Rio and a clutch of Brazilian newspapers
said Dunga, 50, would return for a second spell.
Front-runner, at least until Saturday, was believed
to be Tite, full name Adenor Leonardo Bacchi,
who oversaw wins in the Copa Libertadores and
Fifa Club World Cup, at Chelsea's expense, in
2012.
Last Thursday, the CBF Thursday took the wraps
off a revamped technical commission under new
technical coordinator Gilmar Rinaldi, replacing
Carlos Alberto Parreira, the coach of the Brazil
side that won the World Cup in 1994.
Gilmar – not to be confused with the Gilmar who
kept goal for the 1958 and 1962 world champions
– was a reserve keeper on the 1994
championship-winning side, which was skippered
by Dunga.
Outgoing CBF president Jose Maria Marin, who
will give way next year to septuagenarian lawyer
Marco Polo Del Nero, said the federation would
reflect further on the top job before a final
decision.
Dunga, who replaced Parreira in the top job after
the 2006 World Cup, went on to lead Brazil to
Copa America success in 2007 and then won the
Confederations Cup in 2009.
But the former Fiorentina midfielder was fired
after a 2010 World Cup quarterfinal loss to
Holland.
The CBF would Saturday only reiterate that Marin
would present the new man on Tuesday but Rio
daily O Dia described Dunga as "close to
returning," highlighting his "good relationship"
with Gilmar.
Globo indicated for its part reported that Gilmar
and Dunga had reached a rapid agreement in
principle with the CBF electing not to pursue the
Tite option.