Adenor Leonardo Bachi, better known as Tite, is the new head coach of the Brazil. The 56-year-old won a second Campeonato Brasileiro with Corinthians in 2015. Hesucceeds Dunga, who was fired after Brazil’s first-round Copa Centenario exit.
“The aim is to qualify for the World Cup,” he said. “Of course that is achievable and we will workhard to make it happen. Still, we have to accept that there is a risk of not making it. Not accepting that would be to start out under an illusion, but there will be changes and we hope the team canrally and achieve it.”
Focusing on reaching the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Titi will not coach Brazil’s Olympic team later this summer. That duty goes to Rogerio Micale, recentlycoach of Brazil’s U-20s.
With Corinthians, Tite also won the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2012 Copa Libertadores and 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.