- Title: BRAZIL: FOOTBALL/SOCCER: Scolari future not decided until after World Cup
- Date: 9th July 2014
- Summary: TERESOPOLIS, BRAZIL (JULY 9, 2014) (REUTERS) BRAZIL COACH, LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI, BRAZIL TECHNICAL COORDINATOR, CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA, ASSISTANT COACH FLAVIO MURTOSA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF BRAZIL COACHING STAFF SITTING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION (CBF) LOGO VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI, SAYING: "It was an overall breakdown, there is no point in asking if there was a breakdown in the coaching or amongst the fans, it was an all round breakdown. Has nobody understood? Whoever did not understand that the German team is a very good one, is just exploiting this opportunity (to criticise)." VARIOUS OF NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI, SAYING: "I can't explain it; I am not going to justify it. I do not think that my players will have difficulty in understanding that there was an error, a fatal error, we lost the match, we could have lost by two or by one, but we lost in a way that we have never lost on a national level, it is historic." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI, SAYING: "If I could respond with full knowledge of what happened in those six minutes, I would, but I really do not know." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS JOURNALISTS AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) FORMER BRAZIL COACH, CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA, SAYING: "The Germans have 20-something football associations and train up players in lower divisions. The German team is trained very differently to ours. They have 25 (associations) at their disposition, which they use accordingly and depending on where the national team is going to play. I participated on one of the clubs for four months 30 years ago. Over there you have teachers to train the young players and coaches. They invested in this from 2006 onwards, in basic training. So German soccer today is perfect in the championships, in the base divisions, in the training of their coaches. The result is clear to see." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, LUIZ FELIPE SCOLARI, SAYING: "We have a commitment to the directors of the Brazilian Football Association (CBF) until the World Cup final. The final is after the game on Saturday. This is a topic which we are not going to discuss in any way until after the game on Saturday. We wanted to be at the final in the Maracana and then speak about it after that. But we have a different final to play and that is the game on Saturday. After that we are likely to speak with the directors of the CBF." NEWS CONFERENCE ENDING
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- Story Text: Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said Wednesday (July 9) that he could not explain how his team capitulated against Germany as the host nation lost 7-1 in the World Cup semi-finals on Tuesday (July 8).
The embarrassing loss was Brazil's first loss at home in 64 competitive matches since 1975 and the first time they had lost by six goals in any match since Uruguay beat them 6-0 in the Copa America in 1920.
"It was an overall breakdown, there is no point in asking if there was a breakdown in the coaching or amongst the fans, it was an all round breakdown," Scolari told reporters at a news conference, where he appeared alongside the entire coaching staff including technical director Carlos Alberto Parreira.
The morning newspapers ran debilitating headlines featuring words like, "Embarrassment," "Humiliation," and "Deception" and Scolari said the criticism was unfair.
"Has nobody understood? Whoever did not understand that the German team is a very good one, is just exploiting this opportunity (to criticise)," he said.
"I can't explain it; I am not going to justify it. I do not think that my players will have difficulty in understanding that there was an error, a fatal error, we lost the match, we could have lost by two or by one, but we lost in a way that we have never lost on a national level, it is historic."
Germany scored five goals in a crazy 18-minute spell and scored the fifth in the 29th minute.
Thomas Mueller put Germany in front in the 11th minute and then Joachim Loew scored four goals between the 23rd minute and 29th.
"If I could respond with full knowledge of what happened in those six minutes, I would, but I really do not know," Scolari added.
Parreira, who coached Brazil's World Cup-winning team in 1994, said that Germany's national structure was far more developed than Brazil, describing it as "perfect".
"The Germans have 20-something football associations and train up players in lower divisions," Parreira said. "The German team is trained very differently to ours. They have 25 (associations) at their disposition, which they use accordingly and depending on where the national team is going to play.
"I participated at one of the clubs for four months 30 years ago. Over there you have teachers to train the young players and coaches. They invested in this from 2006 onwards, in basic training. So German soccer today is perfect in the championships, in the base divisions, in the training of their coaches. The result is clear to see."
Scolari, who is in his second spell as Brazil coach after leading them to their fifth world title in 2002, said he had not discussed his future with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
He said he would only talk about the situation after Saturday's (July 12) third-place match in Brasilia against the Netherlands or Argentina.
"We have a commitment to the directors of the Brazilian Football Association (CBF) until the World Cup final," Scolari said. "The final is after the game on Saturday. This is a topic which we are not going to discuss in any way until after the game on Saturday. We wanted to be at the final in the Maracana and then speak about it after that. But we have a different final to play and that is the game on Saturday. After that we are likely to speak with the directors of the CBF." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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