The five-time World Cup winners were one of the favourites to win this year’s tournament in Qatar, but Tite’s side bowed out early in the quarterfinals to Croatia on penalties.
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The Selecao are on the lookout for a new head coach in the wake of Tite’s resignation, with the 61-year-old leaving straight after his side’s World Cup departure.
The five-time World Cup winners were regarded as the favourites to go all the way in Qatar, but their run ended with defeat to Croatia on penalties in the quarter-finals.
The five-time world champions – regarded by many as favourites to go all the way in Qatar – have crashed out.
Looking at his squad list, veteran full-back Dani Alves is perhaps the biggest surprise from Monday afternoon’s announcement. The 39-year-old, who has made 124 caps for Brazil, currently plays for Liga MX club UNAM.
Current Brazil boss Tite recently confirmed that he plans to walk away from the Selecao after the tournament in Qatar.
“I will stay until the end of the World Cup,” the 60-year-old told Brazilian channel SporTV.
Coutinho, 29, was sidelined by a knee injury, but has recently resumed playing regularly with Barcelona FC.
With their place in the knockout stages already secured before the clash at the Estadio Olimpico Pedro Ludovico, Tite opted to make 10 changes.
Shortly after the country’s 2-2 draw with Ukraine in Dnipro, German tactician Gernot Rohr made a request they should at least play another African nation to prepare for November’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with Benin Republic and Lesotho
The Copa America will be played from June 14 to July 7, with hosts Brazil, who have not won the title since 2007, taking on Bolivia in the opening match in Sao Paulo before facing Venezuela and Peru.
Pereira, the 22-year-old attacking midfielder who spent last season on loan at Valencia, is one of two Manchester United players in the squad, along with Fred.
Brazil coach Tite has confirmed that Real Madrid full-back Marcelo will return to the side to face the Belgians
After a goalless first half, Neymar soon gave Brazil the lead
After finishing top of Group E following a slow start, five-time winners Brazil are now looking to reach the last eight for the seventh straight World Cup.
Goals either side of half time from Paulinho and Thiago Silva at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow ensured that Tite’s charges marched into the last 16 with relative ease, while condemning Mladen Krstajic’s Serbian side to group-stage elimination
Tite’s men left it late to beat Costa Rica on Friday, as Philippe Coutinho and Neymar came to the rescue to send Brazil to the top of Group E
The five-time champions look to have returned to their best under head coach Tite and were the first team to qualify for the tournament
Willian played with the two star strikers for about one hour on Thursday at the Granja Comary ground in Teresopolis, outside Rio de Janeiro.