Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Taffarel ya fara bugawa Brazil wasa a ranar 7 ga Yuli 1988 a gasar cin kofin Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup, yana buga wasanni hudu kuma ya ci kwallaye biyu yayin da tawagarsa ta lashe gasar. Ya kuma kasance a cikin burin Copa América na shekara mai zuwa
, wanda Brazil kuma ta ci nasara (a cikin shekaru goma na aikinsa na kasa da kasa, ya bayyana a wasanni biyar na gasar ta karshe, ya lashe lambar yabo a karo na biyu a 1997, kuma ya tattara lambobin yabo a 1991 da 1995). A Wasannin Olympics na 1988 a Seoul, ya lashe lambar azurfa, yana ceton fanareti uku a kan Jamus ta Yamma a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar: daya a lokacin doka, da biyu a nasarar da Brazil ta yi. Ya kuma kasance memba na tawagar Brazil da ta halarci gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1990 a Italiya, inda aka fitar da Brazil a zagaye na 16 bayan rashin nasara 1<unk>0 ga abokan hamayyarta da kare zakarun Argentina, tare da Taffarel ya ci kwallaye biyu kawai a cikin gasar.