Brazil coach Dunga does not fear the sack after his team were controversially knocked out of the Copa America by Peru on Sunday night.
Peru's shock 1-0 Group B win in Foxborough came courtesy of a 75th-minute goal from Raul Ruidiaz, although replays showed the striker bundled the ball home with his hand.
Dunga came in for extensive criticism after the match, and the 52-year-old's second spell in charge of the national team could well be over after the loss.
"T here is only one thing that I fear and that's death, that's the only thing I fear," Dunga said in his press conference, in comments reported on the MLS website.
"It's a job, we're trying. After the World Cup, we rebuilt. We gave Germany 14 years (to rebuild after their disappointing showing at Euro 2000) and in Brazil in one or two years we want everything to be resolved easily.
"The (Brazilian football federation) president knows what we're doing, how we're working, we know about the demands, how we're exposed to criticism, so when you work for the Brazilian national team you have to know that the criticism, when the results don't come, tends to increase.
"But what's important is that on the inside we know what we're doing."
Dunga defended his tactics in the match - and the fact he only used one of this three substitutes - and instead put the focus on the officials and their decision to allow the goal.
Although the referee initially awarded the goal, his assistant on the touchline, did not run back towards the centre to restart the match, and the goal was only confirmed after a long conversation.
"In a game that should have ended 0-0, one couldn't understand why the assistant referee did not run towards the middle," Dunga said. "One could not understand why they took four minutes to talk and did not reach an agreement...it was a clear hand ball, the assistant referee did not run towards the middle because he saw it.
"With all the technology, with all the camera angles, what causes me confusion is how we can make mistakes that are so clear, so evident.
"They consulted ...what I cannot understand is that they were consulting, speaking with I don't know who because I think they needed to speak among themselves, they didn't need the communication via radio, microphone ... What comes to mind is who was being consulted and in what way were they being consulted? It's very strange."
Peru's win meant they topped the group and will go forward to face Colombia in the quarter-finals, while Dunga must return home to an uncertain future.
"Logically when there is a loss, there's always a cost but I'm also sure that the fans saw that game, especially the first half, and saw how Brazil was eliminated," he said.
Source: PA
