The critical moment of the Brazilian National Team, in low of the 2026 World Cup, coming from sore failures in the latest and unmold World Cup since Dorival Júnior’s dismissal, requires hiring an experienced technician, capable of implementing his methodology quickly, as well as being respected by players and opponents.
In Europe, this profile is especially attributed to Italian Carlo Ancelotti, some time coveted by Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), and now getting closer to being free in the market.
Real Madrid coach since 2021, with a contract by 2026, the coach should end his bond with the Spanish club in the coming weeks, pressured by the accumulated failures this season. After falling in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, against Arsenal, the cast commanded by him suffered a hard blow last Saturday (26), when he lost the final of the King Cup to Barcelona.
After becoming the match in normal time, the Madrid team gave the draw, 2-2, in the final minutes and was exceeded in overtime, when the Catalan team got the title when closing the account in 3 to 2.
One of the spectators of the match played at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville was Brazilian businessman Diego Fernandes, charged with CBF to negotiate with the Italian coach. Fernandes had also watched, ten days ago, when Real Madrid was eliminated from Champions.
According to the Spanish newspaper El País, Fernandes had dinner at Ancelotti’s house after the defeat to the English, in one more evidence that the hit may be close. The Italian coach likes to personally negotiate his contracts.
Although the chances of taking the Spanish championship title from the Arquirrival – the five rounds of the end, four points separate the two teams – the departure of Real Madrid’s Ancelotti at the end of the season is given for certain by The New York Times. Over the weekend, the vehicle reported that the coach would have already warned the cast players about his farewell and is in advanced conversations with the CBF.
Although the marriage to the club is going to the end, the Italian should get out of the team, exalted by the titles that make it the most winner in the history of Real, including the winning three Champions League. Its ability to form winning casts is one of its main merits.
“He has playing pieces as a chesseen, creating solids in defense and creative in attack. In addition, he knows how to make replacements throughout the game and handle well with egos,” describes António Veloso, from the Lisbon University, one of the creators of the international postgraduate High Performance Football Coaching and one of the leaders of the academic movement that caused Portugal to export end-to-end technicians, including, including Portugal, including Portugal. Brazil.
For the researcher, the Italian brings together the characteristics that the Brazilian team needs most right now. “A coach with a very defined game model that takes time to deploy it would not be suitable. It has to be someone versatile, to give quick results, and with status, to be respected by players,” says the Portuguese
Ancelotti considers herself disciple of Italian Arrigo Sacchi, who adjusted her millimeter -line defensive lines, training players without the ball, like dancers in a choreography. As a result, he left strikers free to create –Mambapé and Vinícius Júnior at Real Madrid in some way reproduce Gullit and Van Basten in the 1990s Milan.
In addition to being a title record holder at Champions League, Ancelotti was the only coach to win the top five European leagues. He was champion in England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France.
For António Veloso, the history the Italian coach would avoid a common problem to the three technicians who went through the Brazilian team in the current cycle, Ramón Menezes, Fernando Diniz and Dorival Júnior. Players like Vinicius Junior, Raphinha, Alisson or Rodrygo have more experience than in the soccer elite, which encompasses Champions League and the main European championships.
“To be respected, coaches cannot be holes below the players they drive,” says Veloso. “Real Madrid have millionaire stars, but all call the victorious Ancelotti a ‘Don Carlo’.”
It is no coincidence, therefore, that the CBF has insisted so much on its hiring. Last year, he was given as a right name in charge of the national team, but eventually preferred to renew his contract with Real Madrid until 2026.
At the time, it was at its peak, with brilliant campaigns in the Spanish Championship and the Champions League – to snap the two cups. Now the moment is different and the CBF is more optimistic.
The Portuguese Jorge Jesus, appointed as a favorite to take over the Brazilian National Team weeks ago, has now become the second option. Although he does not have a comparable curriculum to Ancelotti’s, he led Benfica to two Europa League finals, the second largest club tournament in the continent, as well as winning a Libertadores and a Brazilian championship for Flamengo. At the current conjuncture, however, he will only occupy the Brazilian team’s reserve bank in the next Ancelotti Cup to refuse the position.
