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Brazil ended its campaign in the South American Qualifiers for the World Cup with a loss to Bolivia, this Tuesday, by 1 to 0, in El Alto, more than 4,000 meters above sea level. With the result, the Seleção finished the tournament in fifth place, suffering the worst campaign in its history.

Until then, Brazil's worst campaign in the Qualifiers had been in the early 2000s, when the canary team struggled to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan. On that occasion, the Seleção finished the qualifier with 30 points and secured its place in the last round.

In these Qualifiers, the Amarelinha scored 28 points, and lost the chance to finish the tournament in second place, behind only Argentina. For this, a simple victory over Bolivia was enough, something that did not even come close to materializing this Tuesday.

Just like in the cycle for 2002, in which Brazil had several coaches, such as Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Emerson Leão and Luis Filipe Scolari, to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, the CBF also made some changes in command, starting with Ramon Menezes, passing by Fernando Diniz and, more recently, Dorival Júnior, before the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti.

It is worth remembering that since the Qualifiers began to be disputed by ten countries, in round-robin, Brazil had never failed to score at least 30 points. This time, however, the canary team had to settle for a much lower performance, but still enough to maintain the fate of never having been left out of a World Cup.

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