Diniz loses 3rd in a row and has a negative record with Brazil – 11/22/2023 – The World Is a Ball

Fernando Diniz, 49, interim coach of the Brazilian national team, recorded in the defeat to Argentina in Rio de Janeiro an embarrassment that no coach has managed in the team’s 109-year history: losing three times in a row in competitive matches.

In the 2026 World Cup qualifiers (which will be in the USA, Canada and Mexico), the 0-1 against Messi and company at Maracanã came following setbacks against Uruguay last month (0-2 in Montevideo), and Colombia, last week (1-2 in Barranquilla).

In addition to Diniz, only one coach fell in three consecutive games with Brazil: Sebastião Lazaroni, about a year before the elimination in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup, in 1990, against the Argentina of Maradona and Cannigia.

In June 1989, Lazaroni’s Brazil lost, in succession, to Sweden (1-2), Denmark (0-4) and Switzerland (0-1).

The first two games, in Copenhagen, were in a tournament in Denmark celebrating 100 years of the northern European country’s football confederation. The third, a friendly in Basel.

Lazaroni, who later innovated, without success, by starting the team with a sweeper (Mauro Galvão), used two left-handed defenders in these matches (André Cruz and Ricardo Gomes), something completely unorthodox.

In 1920 and 1921, Brazil lost three consecutive times in the South American Championship, in different editions, twice in the first year (6-0 to Uruguay and 2-0 to Argentina) and once in the second (1-0 to Argentina). Argentina).

A technical committee, formed by Agostinho Fortes Filho and Oswaldo Gomes, directed the team in 1920. The following year, the coach was Ferreira Vianna Neto.

The Brazilian team’s worst losing streak, four, happened in 2001 and was split fifty-fifty between two coaches: Emerson Leão and Luiz Felipe Scolari.

Diniz, who after the game against the Argentines declared that his team played better, could see the negative performance amplified in March 2024, when Brazil will return to action – the friendlies against England and Spain will be his last matches in the role.

In the South American qualifiers, the next games are scheduled for September, against Ecuador and Paraguay, when, if what the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) wants is confirmed, Brazil will be led by the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, 64, current coach from Real Madrid.

The Brazilian team currently occupies sixth place in the table, with 7 points, behind Argentina (15), Uruguay (13), Colombia (12), Venezuela (9) and Ecuador (8). With 5 points are Paraguay and Chile. Bolivia has 3 and Peru has 2.

The top six in South America get a place in the massive 2026 World Cup, the first with the participation of 48 countries, and the seventh place will still have a chance in a play-off against a team from another continent.

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