Lula talks about Ancelotti: “The problem is the generation of players”

During his recent presidential trip to China, the Brazilian president commented on the announcement of the choice of the Italian coach for the new “general” of the Brazilian football team and revealed what is, in his opinion, the problem of canarinha.

“Nothing against being a foreigner, I think we have coaches in Brazil who could train the team”, Lula da Silva in conversation with the newspaper “Globo”.

In addition to giving your opinion about Ancelotti, the president also commented on the main problem of the Brazilian National Team: “The problem of Brazil is that we are in a generation of players that is not the same to the ones we already had ”.

The technical level of current players is lower The one that the most often world champion had in the past, added the head of state: “Just remember our Attack of 2002 and 2006 For you to see that we are far away. ”

Lula also gave his idea of How it would be possible to improve The performance of the selection: “I told the president of CBF, I would like to do an experience and summon the 22 best players in the championship Brazilian to see what gives. I think that It would be the same or better“.

Carlo Ancelotti, 65, current Real Madrid coach who has trained the best teams in the world, will now have his first experience to the rudder of a selection national.

On June 6, a 2026 World Cup set against Ecuador, will be the first fire test From the transalpino coach to the command of the Brazilian team, Zerozero.

Remember that the “Dating” between Ancelotti and Brazilit is already a case with history: the Italian coach was being considered Since 2023. That same year, in an interview, the then president of Brazil stated that I was unhappy With the rumors that it would be a foreign coach to take charge of the “team”.

“I like Ancelotti, but he was never the coach of Italy. If it was a good idea for Brazil, Why doesn’t it solve the problem of Italywho couldn’t even qualify for the last World Cup? ”, The ruler.

But, as Lula da Silva himself says, the problem of canarinha is not the name of the coach, but the generation of the players…