Dunga Booed and Robinho Dives as Brazil Draw 0-0 With 10 Man Bolivia

September 11th, 2008 | by: Daryl |

I really thought Dunga had turned a corner on Sunday, with that 3-0 away win over Chile. But last last night’s 0-0 draw with bottom of the table Bolivia means Dunga is back to square one, maybe even worse off then when he started the week.

A goalless draw is obviously not a good result for Brazil at home to Bolivia. But the reception Brazil and Dunga received from the home fans was arguably worse than the two points dropped. The Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro was nowhere near full, and apparently the fans who did attend had mostly boos for Brazil – especially Ronaldinho and Dunga. Apparently they even cheered Bolivia on when the visitors got forward and chanted “Goodby Dunga” at the coach. Oh dear.

“When we don’t play well, it’s normal,” said Dunga. “Supporters are emotional and it’s their way of protesting.”

But it’s hard to get away from the idea that the fans weren’t just jeering this one bad result, but rather Dunga’s overall reign as Brazil coach.

Not helping matters is the behaviour of Robinho. Fresh from his graffiti antics, the new Man City forward was involved in this pretty controversial incident, getting Bolivia’s Ignacio Garcia sent off with what looked pretty much like a dive.

Unfortunately all Robinho really accomplished was changing the story from “Brazil draw 0-0 with Bolivia” to “Brazil draw 0-0 with 10 man Bolivia”.

But it could have been a whole lot worse, because though Brazil failed to win, so did Argentina. Esteban Cambiasso must have thought he’d got the albiceleste a win away to Peru with his 83rd minute goal, but Johan Fano scored for the hosts in the third minute of added time

Peru 1-1 Argentina:

Meanwhile Paraguay won again, 2-0 over Venezuela, leaving the COMNEBOL World Cup qualification table looking like this:

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Paraguay	8	5	2	1	16	6	+10	17
Brazil	8	3	4	1	11	4	+7	13
Argentina	8	3	4	1	11	5	+6	13
Chile	8	4	1	3	13	12	+1	13
Uruguay	8	3	3	2	16	6	+10	12
Colombia	8	2	4	2	4	7	−3	10
Ecuador	8	2	3	3	10	14	−4	9
Venezuela	8	2	1	5	9	13	−4	7
Peru	8	1	4	3	5	16	−11	7
Bolivia	8	1	2	5	8	20	−12	5

International Football News – World Cup Blog RSS Feed

Isidoro

pues…que viva mexico, no?
http://startingeleven.blogspot.com Mike

Great recap. Dunga won’t quit and he’ll put the decision in the federation’s hands. If they’re going to make a change, do it sooner, rather than later.
http://startingeleven.blogspot.com/2008/09/brazil-on-brink-dunga-on-doorstep.html
http://france.worldcupblog.org Laurie

Very similar to what happened in Paris yesterday. Domenech was booed by the fans, who chanted “Domenech resign” over and over. The stadium was only half full.

But Domenech got the win, so he gets a reprieve, at least till October and Romania.
rajiv

the CBF dont have the nuts to sack dunga. and he wont quit. stalemate.dunga is used to the boos now and will hope to ride the storm. but i think the CBF not acting is very bad. what if suddenly, later on dunga decides all the abuse he takes is not worth it, cites “personal reasons” and quits? lets also say brazil are out of the 4 qualifying spots at that time? there will be chaos, and brazil for the first ever time may not make it to SA. Its not all dungas fault. This is prob the least talented crop of brasilians he has to work with. Also he needs to bring a true playmaker…not that brazil have any great ones anymore but he needs SOMEONE…against bolivia they had ZERO creativity. Either way the CBF’s unwillingness to act now is gonna hurt brazil later on, UNLESS dunga has an amazing run from here on out. My advice…let dunga go now. Unfortunately, the CBF has no qualified coaches to call upon either. Luxemburgo..i dunno…he had his shot and didnt do anything. hate to say it but maybe the CBF needs to look for a foreign coach. I think, to keep dunga on is a mistake (and i supported and still support dunga by the way)…he has lost the fans..the half empty stadium is worse than being called a donkey…
andrew

the problem is under dunga brazil are a strictly counter attacking team. he needs to be able to vary his tactics as needed. chile attacked brazil and got trounced…bolivia defended and brazil didnt have a clue how to open them up…dunga needs to vary his tactics when needed.