- Title: Pressure mounts on struggling Brazil but coach see progress
- Date: 19th March 2025
- Summary: BRASILIA, BRAZIL (MARCH 19, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BRAZIL TEAM TRAINING SESSION (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, DORIVAL JUNIOR, SAYING: “We are looking to recover in a competition that is getting harder and harder every year. We've seen this. And we have to recognize that to get back to being consistent in a competition like this one, we need to structure oursel
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- Location: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
- City: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: South America / Central America,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001021519032025RP1
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- Story Text:Brazil coach Dorival Jr insists they are making progress despite sitting fifth in the standings ahead of crucial World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Peru.
The five-time World Cup winners have been grappling with mounting pressure after winning only two of their last five games amid a series of poor performances.
They were held to back-to-back 1-1 draws against Venezuela and Uruguay in their last two outings, but Dorival is hopeful they will rediscover their identity and get back to winning ways when they host Colombia in the capital Brasilia on Thursday (March 20).
"We are looking to recover in a competition that is getting harder every year and to get back to being consistent we will need to restructure ourselves," Dorival told a press conference on Wednesday (March 19).
Brazil have been in unfamiliar territory for over two years, since crashing out of the 2022 World Cup to Croatia on penalties in the quarter-finals, a heartbreaking elimination that led to the exit of long-time manager Tite.
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