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Brazil Football Federation likely to fire Coach Scolari:Reports

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ANI Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Brazil coach Felipe Scolari is likely to be fired by the Brazil Football Confederation (CBF).

Local media reports said the CBF is unlikely to renew Scolari's contract.

The news came hours after Germany defeated Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup, teh Dawn reports.

Scolari said that he would let the CBF decide his fate after his team lost the game for third place 3-0 to the Netherlands on Saturday, and after being crushed by Germany in a humiliating 7-1 defeat on Tuesday.

Scolari, best known by his nickname Felipao, led Brazil to a World Cup victory in 2002 in Japan. He took over the team in December 2012, just before Brazil hosted the Confederations Cup.

 

Brazil won that tournament, seen as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup.

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First Published: Jul 14 2014 | 12:19 PM IST

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