The former World Cup-winning midfielder is not helping his team with his pragmatic approach and if he stays in charge, the decline will surely continue.
CONCEPCION, Chile -- Another year, another failure for Brazil's once-fantastic football team. After the humiliation of losing 7-1 at home to Germany in last year's World Cup, the Selecao have been knocked out of the Copa America on penalties by Paraguay for the second successive edition of the continental competition. And they deserved little better.
Robinho's early goal looked enough for most of a sterile showdown in Concepcion on Saturday, but Brazil created virtually nothing else of note and after Derlis Gonzalez leveled from the spot following a needless handball by Thiago Silva, Paraguay played the better football.