 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Dida akasiyiwa kunze kweBrazil muna 1997 Copa América roster, asi akadzokera kuchikwata chekutanga cheFIFA Confederations Cup yegore iroro, achichengeta machira mashanu akachena uye achibvumira zvibodzwa zviviri chete sezvo Seleção yakasimudza mukombe ne 60 rout yeAustralia mumutambo wekupedzisira. Kunyange zvazvo akadanwa nokuda kweNdebe yeNyika ya1998, Zagallo akakwezva Taffarel kubva pamakore matatu ekuzorora kuti ave sarudzo yake yekutanga, uye Dida akanga ari wechitatu shure kwekudzorera Carlos Germano sezvo Brazil yakapedza mumhanyi kune vaenzi. Haana kuzotambira chikwata chenyika yose muna 1998, izvo zvakakonzera chisarudzo chake chekusiya chikwata chechikwata cheCruzeiro kuMilan pakutanga kwegore rinotevera. Muna 1999, pasi pemurairidzi mutsva Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Dida akakunda Copa América yake yeganeBrazil mushure mokukundwa neUruguay ne3-0 mumutambo wokupedzisira. Akabvuma zvibodzwa zviviri chete mumakwikwi aya, uye akavhara Roberto Ayala chirango chekubata mutambo mukukunda 21 pamusoro peArgentina mumakwikwi ekupedzisira. Akaita kechipiri akatevedzana Confederations Cup kutanga gore iroro sezvo Brazil akabvumira hapana vavariro muboka danho uye vakakurira hosts Saudi Arabia 82 vari Semi-fainari, asi vakanga zvakare akakundikana kubudikidza vakundi Mexico, achirasikirwa 43 ari yokupedzisira. 