RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 -- The wounds inflicted by the worst defeat in Brazil's proud football history began healing on July 29, 2017. It was three weeks after Brazil's apocalyptic 7-1 defeat to Germany in the World Cup semifinals and seven days after 1994 World Cup-winning captain Dunga was named national team coach for a second time.

It was also the day that Adenor Leonardo Bacchi decided to stop crying and start fighting. "After the 7-1 defeat, I really believed I would have a good chance to be the next coach of the Brazilian team," Bacchi, better known as Tite, wrote in the Players' Tribune in May.

"I thought it might be my turn. When I was not selected for the job, I'll be honest... I was frustrated, angry, very sad. However, at that moment, I thought of my mother. She was a fighter. Whenever our family struggled, she worked even harder.

"She sewed until her hands couldn't move so that whenever I wanted a soda, the soda would appear like magic. Her example was my inspiration. For a week after that decision (Dunga's appointment), I cried. After that, I started the fight," added Bacchi.

That fight began with Tite, who was taking a sabbatical year and laying out plans for his return to football. The first step saw him travel to Europe to learn from some of the game's top coaches, including Arsene Wenger and Carlo Ancelotti. He returned to Brazil in December 2017 and

immediately accepted an offer to coach Corinthians for a third time. Eleven months later he steered the Sao Paulo club to the Brazilian Serie A title.

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