Brazil have been drifting for 15 months since their shock World Cup exit
Brazil arrive in London hoping this prestige friendly against England can mark the end of their leaderless drift and herald a positive new dawn.
It has been a sobering 15 months for the five-times champions of world football since defeat by Croatia in the World Cup quarter-finals in Qatar brought Tite's six-year tenure to an underwhelming close.
There have been shock defeats and dismal performances, the failed attempt to lure Carlo Ancelotti away from Real Madrid and a revolving cast of head coaches culminating in Dorival Junior, who will take charge of his first game at Wembley Stadium.
Dorival will be the third to select a Brazil team since Tite stepped down.
Initially, the task fell to Ramon Menezes, coach of the U20 and U23 teams, to take over on an interim basis.
Menezes was in charge for three friendlies, which included defeats against Morocco and Senegal and prompted the CBF (Brazilian FA) to start issuing promises.
CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues told the nation Ancelotti would be taking the job when his Real Madrid contract expired in 2024, just in time for the Copa America, in the USA in June.
While they waited for the legendary Italian, Fernando Diniz was appointed to look after the Brazil team alongside his role as head coach of Fluminense.
'He will be here, you can be sure,' said Rodrigues of Ancelotti.
Fluminense has been one of the highlights of Brazilian football in recent years. They won the Copa Libertadores and reached the final of the Club World Cup, losing 4-0 to Manchester City, in December.
Diniz was at the helm for the start of the World Cup qualifying campaign, a 5-1 win against Bolivia, which drew high praise from journalists and fans.
Then came another win, 1-0 against Peru, but Brazil won none of the
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