Two days after His emotional farewell to Real Madridthe Italian Carlo Ancelotti assumes Monday as the new technician of the Brazilian team, called to recover the lost glory of the worldwide pentacampeón.
Ancelotti, 65 and first foreigner in six decades to direct the Canarinha, arrives to change the face of a national team with scarce sports successes in recent years and disconnected from their fans.
It will be presented at a great hotel in Rio de Janeiro from 6:00 p.m., after traveling to Brazil on Sunday.
The Italian will assume for the first time a selection after the record of have raised 15 titles with Real Madrid in six campaigns and also become the coach more times champion of the European Champions League (5).
His arrival takes place two days after saying goodbye in tears of the white fans at Santiago Bernabéu in The last match of the Spanish League, won this year by Barcelona.
“Carletto” will replace Dorival Júniorfired from the Verdeamarela after suffering a 4-1 win against the eternal Argentine rival in March, by the South American Qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
– Input, call –
Ancelotti will premiere in June against Ecuador and Paraguay, two important matches in a qualifier in Brazil, although it is in a direct classification zone, fourth march, ten points of the leader and already classified Argentina.
This Monday, the DT will announce the list of summoned, with Neymar’s possible return to Seleção after more than a year and a half of absence.
In his last game with Brazil, in the 2-0 defeat against Uruguay in October 2023, the star that currently defends Saints of Sao Paulo suffered a serious knee injury that left him out for more than a year.
Despite his irregular performance from his return this year to the team that formed it, Neymar appears among those considered by Ancelottilike others displaced in recent times such as Casemiro (Manchester United) and Richarlison (Tottenham), according to the list of preconvocates filtered by the press.
– Acknowledgments of Vini –
The Italian, who will guide the Seleção to the World Cup in North Americaalso has stars such as Raphinha (Barcelona) and Vinícius Junior and Rodrygo, whom he directed in Madrid.
“We build things that go beyond football,” Vini said goodbye to a letter published on social networks.
“You defended me and protected when I needed it most,” added the attacker, a frequent object of racist insults in the Spanish League.
The arrival of Ancelotti was yearned for more than two years by the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF), in need of ending a streak of disappointing results.
After conquering its last world title in 2002, Canarinha reached the semifinals of the World Cup in just one of the last five editions of the contest, when it received a historic beating 7-1 against Germany in 2014.
He won only one of the last six Copa América, in 2019.
The apathy against Seleção dominates the Brazilian fans, nostalgic of their old legends such as Pelé, Garrincha, Ronaldo, Romário and Ronaldinho.
The crisis is aggravated for the sweet moment of the Argentine rival, current world champion and two -time America of America by Lionel Messi.
– Crisis in the CBF –
Ancelotti also assumes in the midst of turbulence within the CBF, which he chose on Sunday Its new president, Samir Xaud, After the recent dismissal of his predecessor, Ednaldo Rodrigues.
“That Christ Redeemer bless the arrival and path of our ‘Mister’ Carlo Ancelotti, to get (…) the so dream hexacampeonato worldwide,” said the brand new president, promising “total autonomy.”
Before assuming, Xaud assured the CNN in an interview that Ancelotti will reside in Rio de Janeiro. The signed contract does not force him to live in Brazil.
According to Brazilian media, the coach will charge about 10 million euros per year (about 11.2 million dollars) and will be accompanied by his coaching staff, including his son, Davide Ancelotti.