The Seleção and Fenerbahçe goalkeeper, Ederson, promised changes in the current squad’s attitude compared to the Seleção that lost the friendly match against Senegal, in 2023.
During a press conference this Wednesday (12), Ederson stated that there is intensity in training. “Highest level possible.”
For him, comparison is inevitable. “A lot of things have changed. The way of thinking, working. Not taking away the merit of the coach who was there at that time, but with Ancelotti it’s another way of seeing the coach as successful leading the team. This adds a lot to the players, it brings a more winning mentality.”
The reference is to the Seleção’s former interim coach, Ramon Menezes. In 2023, there were three games under the command of the coach who took over the Green and Yellow temporarily from the Under-20s. In friendlies, Brazil beat Guinea 4-1 and lost to Senegal 4-2 and Morocco 2-1.
Injuries
With 29 games and 89 calls under his belt, Ederson, previously at Manchester City, suffered five cuts due to various injuries.
“It’s never easy to get injured. Accidents at work can happen. With me, unfortunately, it was always close to FIFA dates. I was upset, but I reinforce the desire to be here, to be here giving my all and trying to be in another World Cup. I don’t know if, in all the squads I was cut from, I would be the starter or not, but the work would be the same to try to bring the Seleção to the highest level possible”, he said.
Remember Brazil’s defeat to Senegal
The FIFA Data ends with defeat in a friendly held in Portugal this Tuesday (20). Brazil lost to Senegal 4-2.
The same Marquinhos and Lucas Paquetá played for the Seleção.
Brazil, still led by interim Ramon Menezes, had not conceded three goals in the same match since 2014. On that occasion, in the dispute for third place in the World Cup, they were defeated by the Netherlands, winning 3-0.
It was the first time that Brazil conceded more than three goals in a match since the 7-1 against Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-final, at Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte.
