The Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, 65, confirmed at a news conference on Tuesday (13) that will be the coach of the Brazilian team from May 26. He was announced as coach of the Brazilian team on Monday (12) by the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation), but both Real Madrid and the coach had not yet positioned themselves.
“It is very important [treinar o Brasil]. Until the 26th, I am a coach of Real Madrid and I want to end this final part of this fantastic adventure here. I want to finish my best and I know that others are very interested in what I think, what I will do, but I have to think about the times I am living and these are the days I have here at Real Madrid. And for the great respect I have to the club, the players and fans, I am very focused at the end of this spectacular adventure. I speak why the CBF made this statement. It is official that from the 26th I will be the coach of Brazil, “he explained.
The news conference took place at the Valdebebas Training Center in Madrid, after training the team, which will face Mallorca on Wednesday (14). The conversation was scheduled for 12:30 pm (7:30 am Brasília), but the coach started at 12:50 pm (7:50 am from Brasilia).
To spend the weather, the Real Madrid TV team spent explanatory videos, such as an explanation of the Club World Cup and a reminder of the number of goals by Kylian Mbappé, 26, in their first season for the meringue team.
Although quite questioned about what his days will be at the head of the Brazilian team, Ancelotti avoided giving details about negotiations or what he will do in charge of the team, with short answers.
“The press conference asks me to explain things I don’t want to explain, because I have the Real Madrid shirt and I have a lot of respect for the club,” he summarized. Asked what the next two weeks would be, because of the first call by the Brazilian National Team, reiterated that he would only focus on that after leaving the team.
“What I said to the club [a respeito da saída] It is absolutely personal. Football, like life, is an adventure that begins and ends. The day I arrived at Real Madrid, I knew that one day it would end. This day will be on May 25th. If you end a very beautiful period and I believe it was very good, but like all the things in life there is a moment that is over. Football is like life, “he said.
The coach said the team will position themselves about their departure when necessary.
“Real Madrid will make your statement whenever you want. Here there is no problem. I don’t know when you will do it, but it will be when it is timely for Real Madrid, just as the Brazilian Federation made its statement yesterday,” he said.
The lack of a statement from Real Madrid, however, was criticized by the international press.
“A communication strategy that has generated a lot of criticism from Madridism and has been quite questioned, raising the question of why the club keeps silence when it was normal to be his first statement,” wrote the Spanish newspaper Sport.
The brand also pointed out that the announcement was made before any newsletter about the departure of Real Madrid. The newspaper recalled that the Brazilian National Team tried to take Ancelotti in 2023, but was unsuccessful.
Real Madrid’s absence of positioning, however, caused the traditional Italian daily La Gazzetta dello Sport to call the situation of “Surreal” as “it does not involve any club”, and that needs to overcome Mallorca not to deliver the title to Barcelona already in this round.
A Sheet He found that there was a hurry because CBF President Ednaldo Rodrigues wanted to drown out his call to appear early Monday afternoon at the TJ-RJ (Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice), which investigates the authenticity of the signature of Antonio Carlos Nunes Lima, Colonel Nunes, in the agreement that validated his first election.
Ancelotti’s first call is scheduled for the 26th and will be formed with the help of the general coordinator of the men’s teams, Rodrigo Caetano, by technical coordinator Juan. They arrive in Spain on Wednesday (14), according to the CBF, while the Italian will be in Brazil on the 26th, after his last match under the command of Real Madrid.
