Brazil fire coach Dorival after Argentina hammering in World Cup qualifier

Dorival Junior, the national team’s coach for Brazil, was fired after 14 months in charge.

Three days after Brazil’s 4-1 defeat to bitter rival Argentina in Buenos Aires, Brazil’s heaviest defeat in a World Cup qualifier, Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, sacks him.

The replacement for Junior has not yet been chosen.

In South America’s race to the 2026 World Cup, Brazil is currently fifth. The top six automatically become members.

Brazil won seven matches under the 62-year-old, drawing seven more, and losing two more. The team conceded 17 goals and scored 25.

Brazil was knocked out of the Copa America last year on penalties by Uruguay.

Rodrigues was re-elected as president of the Confederation on Monday, heading it until 2030.

He placed a wager that Carlo Ancelotti would succeed Real Madrid in 2023.