Taffarel akaita mutambo wake wekutanga kuBrazil musi wa7 Chikunguru 1988 muAustralia Bicentenary Gold Cup, achitamba mitambo yese mina uye achibvuma zvibodzwa zviviri sezvo timu yake yakakunda mutambo uyu. Akanga ariwo muchinangwa cheCopa América yegore rakatevera
, iyo Brazil yakakundawo (mumakore ake gumi emakore epasi rose, akaonekwa mumitambo mishanu yemutambo wekupedzisira, achikunda zita kechipiri muna 1997, uye achiunganidza menduru dzevakwikwidzi muna 1991 na1995). Mumitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1988 muSeoul, akahwina menduru yesirivheri, achidzivirira zvirango zvitatu kurwisa West Germany mumasemi-fainari emutambo: imwe munguva yepamutemo, uye mbiri mukubudirira kweBrazil kupfura. Aivewo nhengo yechikwata cheBrazil chakatora chikamu mu1990 FIFA World Cup muItari, uko Brazil yakabviswa muchikamu che16 zvichitevera kukundwa 1<unk>0 kune vanokwikwidza uye vanodzivirira makwikwi Argentina, naTaffarel vachibvumidza zvibodzwa zviviri chete mumakwikwi ese.