Brazil confirmed its interim coach for the next matches while defining Tite’s successor

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Ramón Menezes will be in charge of the senior team while the CBF looks for a new coach (Photo: CBF)
Ramón Menezes will be in charge of the senior team while the CBF looks for a new coach (Photo: CBF)

The Brazilian Football Confederation officially confirmed through their social networks that will wait until the end of the 2022-23 season to fill the vacancy of technical director of the national team after the departure of Tite after the defeat in the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup against Croatia for penalties. President Ednaldo Rodrigues He explained at a press conference in November that he wanted to find his replacement between January and February, but in recent days he changed his position and this Wednesday ratified Ramón Menezes as interim.

The boss assured that His goal is to get a world-class coach so that it leads to Yellow green heading to World Cup Mexico, United States and Canada 2026. “The Brazilian team will play the first friendly match of 2023 against Morocco on March 25 at the Ibn Batouta Stadium, in Tangier. Ramón Menezes, who led the South American U-20 winning team undefeated, will be the interim coach”, published the official profiles of the Brazilian team.

The main goal of the five-time world champion country remains Charles AncelottiAlthough sources close to all parties revealed a few days ago that there have still been no formal contacts between the CBF, the coach and the Spanish club. As reported by the media Globe Sports, Rodrigues plans to meet with the president of Real MadridFlorentino Pérez, in the coming weeks before making any official approach to the coach who has a contract with that club until the end of 2024.

Brazil was crowned South American champion with seven wins and two draws (Photo: CBF)
Brazil was crowned South American champion with seven wins and two draws (Photo: CBF)

“I have several years of contract with Real Madrid and I intend to fulfill it, I am not aware of what has been published in Brazil about me”declared the Italian when asked about the possibility hours before playing the Club World Cup final, an event he won after winning 5-3 against Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia. “We want a first-class coach with international prestige”described a high-ranking leader of the CBF to the Brazilian portal.

Some well-known names that began to circulate in the last hours were the Portuguese Jose Mourinhoof AS Roma of Italy, and Jorge Jesus, of Fenerbahçe of Turkey. At the local level, the favorite is Fernando Diniz del Fluminense.

Meanwhile, Ramón Menezes will fill the position after an exceptional tournament with the Sub 20 in which he was crowned South American champion without losing any game. The Yellow green will visit Morocco, fourth place in Qatar, on March 25 in what will be the first meeting since the elimination in the World Cup. It should be noted that the South American nation will only play one match in the international window and will only return in June to add minutes again for the Qualifiers and the Copa América 2024.

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