The big winners, such as Carlo Ancelotti, are ambitious and obsessed with the victories. I think one of the reasons that led the coach to accept the CBF’s invitation was the conviction that the team has many chances to evolve and win the World Cup.
In Brazil, as everything is polarized, many think we have the best players in the world and that we have not won a World Cup for so long for lack of a great coach, while others say the current quality is not good and that there is no point in having an excellent coach. It is neither one thing.
I have many doubts. Is Ancelotti, because of the history of our football and having commanded several Brazilian stars, created an expectation above reality? I am afraid of Casemiro, valued by Ancelotti for what he played at Real Madrid, the mobility that currently demands from a great midfielder.
I have doubts about the individual quality of the Brazilian cast. We have only two players at the best in the world, Vinicius Junior and Raphinha, who will not play on Thursday (5) against Ecuador for being suspended. Today, besides the two, only Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson and defender Marquinhos, Captain of PSG, are highlights in his positions in Europe. All the other summoned are good, but on the same level as so many others around the world.
I repeat, the selection lacks better players on the sides, midfield and center forward. Like all the other main selections in Europe also have disabilities, Brazil is always a candidate for the title. They increase the chances with Ancelotti.
Ancelotti has stated that the national team will play like Real Madrid last year, not this year. He referred to the real already with the two stars, Mbappé and Bellingham, or the previous formation, which had a trio in midfield (Casemiro, Kross and Modric), as well as the excellent Valverde reserve, and another trio of attack (Vini, Rodrygo and Benzema). With the signings of Mbappé and Bellingham, the team became more powerful in the attack, but more unbalanced, with the more fragile marking and less dominance of the ball in midfield.
Against Ecuador, Ancelotti will climb a trio in the most marker midfield with Casemiro, as well as a trio in the attack, or the team will play with two steering wheels, two tips that attack and come back to score, a centralized offensive sock and a center forward?
The tactical drawing on the clipboard is overcome. Much more important is to play with intensity and pressure on marking to quickly recover the ball, as they made cruise and palm trees, and with compaction and movement in passing pass and positions, as PSG acted in the 5-0 rout against Inter Milan.
Regardless of the strategy, result and performance of the selection against Ecuador, it is not possible because of a game, making definitive analysis or drawing individual and collective conclusions. It must also be remembered that the teams that exchange technicians often love in the first games, especially when they have a coach with the prestige of Ancelotti.
Certainty is only the increase in hope that the national team jump and won the next World Cup.
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