frustrated after losing their 2018 World Cup
qualification opener to Chile.
Head coach Dunga feels the current crop of Brazil national team
players lack expression compared to previous generations.
Brazil began their World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign with a
2-0 defeat away to Chile on Thursday after second-half goals
from Eduardo Vargas and Alexis Sanchez.
And following a disappointing quarter-final Copa America exit,
the 1994 World Cup-winning captain believes his team are
stifled by the pressure of previous successes.
"Maybe their reaction isn't the same [as former generations]," he
said.
"For the fans, we may have shown ourselves to be more vibrant,
and now this can mean something else on who's watching. But
the players are frustrated at the moment, and after the Chile
loss. We want them to be more demanding among the squad. I
was somewhat more animated [as a player], they are calmer.
"We want their affection, but the fans also need some joy and
we are completely aware of that. Me and my staff didn't have a
good night of sleep [after Chile].
"We have to reach for something because football has always
been a reason for joy for the Brazilians. A famous comedian
was at our hotel yesterday and said that Brazil needed some
humour, so the fans can smile a little. I'm not this kind of guy
myself, but I also enjoy laughing."
Dunga, who took charge for the second time in 2014 after
replacing Luiz Felipe Scolari, says the current Brazil side will
always shoulder the burden of the humiliating defeat to
Germany.
"This isn't ours [the 7-1 defeat debt] but we are here and we'll
pay it, and try to find a way to solve this," he added.
"It's not easy, but not impossible for the quality players we have
with us. When results don't arrive, it's normal to feel the
pressure. For everything that has been happening on the world
football, and in Brazil, latin teams work with this pressure.
"We have the responsibility for what happened at the World Cup,
and can't give ourselves up."
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