Luiz Felipe Scolari out as Brazil manager after disasterous World Cup finish

A fourth-place finish at the World Cup is usually worthy of a commendation, but when you're the manager of Brazil and the campaign ends with two consecutive losses and 10 goals conceded on home turf, it's an unspeakable disaster. Despite losing the third-place match 3-0 to the Netherlands and getting booed off the pitch, Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said that he would leave his fate up to the federation. And hours after Germany, the team that beat Brazil 7-1 to begin this horror, edged out Argentina to win the World Cup, it was agreed that Scolari's contract would not be renewed, according to Globo.

Scolari led Brazil to their last World Cup title in 2002 during his first stint as coach. Upon returning to replace Mano Menezes in 2012, he led Brazil past Spain to win last summer's Confederations Cup in convincing fashion. This World Cup showed signs of trouble from the start, though. It began with an own goal from defender Marcelo and continued with an over-reliance, both emotionally and physically, on 22-year-old star Neymar.