With the 2026 World Cup approaching, the Sheet This Saturday (23) the publication of the series “Quem Busca o Hexa” begins this Saturday (23), which each day will profile the main players of the Brazilian team called up for the tournament and the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti.
As they arrive technically and physically to compete in the quadrennial competition in North America, the problems recently faced off the field and the main moments and titles of their respective careers are some of the topics covered.
The series begins with one of the most successful managers of his generation, the only one to have won domestic titles in all five major European leagues and the record holder of five Champions League titles as a manager, in addition to two as a player.
In his first job as head of a national team, he led Brazil in ten matches from May last year until now, with five wins, two draws and three defeats.
In the final stretch of preparation for the World Cup, from May 27th he will lead the training period with the athletes at Granja Comary, in Teresópolis, before the friendly against Panama, on the 31st, at Maracanã, when the team says goodbye to the Brazilian public.
Then, the team leaves for the United States and plays another friendly against Egypt, on June 6th, in Cleveland, in the last game before the World Cup debut against Morocco, on the 13th, at the MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford, on the outskirts of New Jersey.
Next, the series will go through the 11 most prominent players within the group in their respective positions.
It starts in goal, with Liverpool’s goalkeeper Alisson. An absolute starter for the Brazilian national team for more than a decade and in the last two World Cups, he is racing against time to recover from a recurring muscle injury in his thigh — his last match was at the end of March.
Next comes the well-established defense duo, formed by Marquinhos, leader and multiple champion with PSG (Paris Saint-Germain), and Gabriel Magalhães, a highlight of Arsenal’s campaign that ended a 22-year drought without Premier League titles.
On the flanks, the young Wesley, 22, on the right, an important player for Italian coach Gian Piero Gasperini’s Roma, and the experienced Alex Sandro, 35, from Flamengo, on the left.
In midfield, the untouchable midfielders Casemiro, leaving Manchester United and in negotiations with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami, and Bruno Guimarães, from Newcastle.
And in attack, a quartet with Matheus Cunha, from Manchester United, Raphinha, from Barcelona, Neymar, from Santos, and Vinicius Junior, from Real Madrid.
After the debut, Brazil still plays on June 19th, against Haiti, in Philadelphia, and ends its participation in the group stage against Scotland, on the 24th, in Miami.
