The Brazilian Football Federation has announced that U-20 coach Ramon Menezes has been appointed interim coach of the first national team for the friendly against Morocco on March 25.

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Ramon Menezes, interim coach of the Brazilian national team

On Sunday, the youth team of Brazil under the leadership of Ramon Menezes became the champion of South America. Former Seleção coach Tite terminated his contract after the 2022 World Cup, where the team was eliminated in the quarter-finals, according to Agerpres.

The friendly match against Morocco will be Brazil’s first game after the 2022 World Cup.

Menezes was the interim solution chosen by the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF), which delayed the search for Tite’s replacement. According to media reports, the CBF wants a foreign coach, but has not yet agreed with those it has contacted.

Last week, the CBF denied an understanding with the Italian coach of Real Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti, and qualified the information that appeared in the press as “speculation”.

In addition to Ancelotti, the Brazilian press called the Spaniard Luis Enrique, the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane and the Portuguese Jose Mourinho, Abel Ferreira and Jorge Jesus for the position of coach.