Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Monday, September 08, 2025, 19:15 / Updated Monday, September 08, 2025 19:22
The national team of Brazil was rectified, from the point of view of the results, but also of the game, with the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti. The 66 -year -old Italian coach has achieved the performance that Seleçao will not receive a goal in the three matches led from the bench in the preliminaries for the 2026 World Championship.
For three and a half years, Brazil has not tied at least three parties to finish with the untouched gate. In the spring of 2022, the selected Auriverde wins, with the same score 4-0, the meetings for the qualifications for CM 2022, with Paraguay, Chile and Bolivia, on the Tenică bench being Tite.
Carlo Ancelotti: “If we managed not to get a goal in three matches, we have the chance to win the following”
After Carlo Ancelotti ended his second adventure at Real Madrid and replaced Dorival Junior (after doing the same with Fernando Diniz and Ramon Mezes), Brazil obtained seven points and mathematically secured his presence at the US, Mexico and Canada tournament: Victors with Paraguay (1-0), Chile (3-0) and 0-0 with Ecuador, right at the debut of the Italian.
Carlo Ancelotti, presented on Monday as a Brazil / photo coach: Guliver / Gettyimages
The Spaniards from the brand noted that Ancelotti raised a “wall” in Brazil, reminiscent of what he had said, in June: “I am Italian, do not forget this!”. And Don Carlo really kept his word. After receiving 16 goals in 14 previous matches, Brazil will try to extend the series to the expedition in Bolivia, at 4,150 meters altitude.
If he succeeded, Carlo Ancelotti will bring down a record: no coach in Seleçao history has completed the first four official matches without receiving a goal! “We have to continue on this line. Because I am convinced that, If we managed not to get a goal in three matches, we have the chance to win the following ”assured Real Madrid's former coach.
The Italian explained what the recipe applied is: “I had a compact team, which defended well. Individual quality makes the difference. When you defend yourself, it is because the whole team defends itself. Modern football is in the hands of the attackers. If the attackers are doing his job, the team defends well. “
Gabriel Martinelli: “Ancelotti asks us more attitude. We have to give everything we have from the first minute”
Gabriel Martinelli confirms the words of the coach: “Asks us to have more attitude, not only in particular, but to all the players. We have to give on the field everything we have better from the first minute.”
Gabriel Martinelli (left), in a duel with Juan Jose Caceres, in the match Brazil – Paraguay 1-0 of June 10, 2025 / Photo: Imago
In Brazil, when you win you are the best, and when you lose you are the worst. With Tite, the team was very solid. Plan B failed shortly after his departure. Coaches came, some interim … but with the arrival of Ancelotti, I took ahead. The fans have accepted the idea and you can see that we are going well. And the locker is okay
CasemiroBrazilian midfielder
What is remarkable is that Ancelotti managed to revitalize Brazil with two different pairs of central defenders. Against Chile, Gabriel Magalhaes “broke” the Tandem Marquinhos – Alexsandro.
“The most important thing in football is not to get goals. The pillar must be the defense. With the quality we have, if we do not receive goals, the chances of winning are very high,” says Arsenal's stop. Who highlighted the other “face” of Ancelotti: “He is a great father.”
