Scolari cannot explain 'disaster'

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari lamented a "disaster in six minutes" in their World Cup semi-final hammering to Germany but insisted his future would not be decided until after the tournament. Following their 7-1 mauling in Belo Horizonte Scolari has to lift his players for the third-place play-off at the weekend.And while he stressed only after that game would his destiny be decided it appears inconceivable the 65-year-old coach who oversaw his country's biggest defeat since their 1920 6-0 loss to Uruguay will remain in his post."We had a disaster in six minutes but it happened. Let's work for Saturday's game," Scolari, referring to Germany's four goals in a manic first-half spell, told a press conference."If I could explain what happened in those six minutes I would answer but I do not know."The crash was also the coaching staff, the fans, it was overall, no one understood, and the team from Germany, which is good, took the opportunity."I cannot explain, I will not justify. An error occurred and this error was fatal."We can lose by one or two but we lost in a way that we had never done before in the history of Brazilian football."But the tournament was not all bad. We had a bad defeat."We (coaching staff) have a deal with the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) until the game on Saturday and after that, probably, we will have a conversation to sort some things out."

Source: PA