Carlo Ancelotti: "High" Brazil will play like Real Madrid
May 30, 2025, 04:49 am

Carlo Ancelotti wants Brazil to play like he won Laliga in 2023-24 with Real Madrid team in the Champions League.

The Italian coach recently separated from Madrid after a disappointing season, and he is in charge of the Brazilian national team this week.

"My Brazil will play like Real Madrid, but this year it's not like Real Madrid, like last year's Real Madrid," he told Marca. "That's what I want."

Madrid was eliminated in the Champions League quarterfinals, beaten by Barcelona last season, beat Barcelona at Barcelona and finished second in Barcelona, ​​in stark contrast to the memorable 2024 year White people By lifting five championships, the same as the best ever.

"The results were not expected," he said of leaving Madrid. "The team's game is not good either. It's bound to happen."

Brazil has not won the World Cup since 2002, and Ancelotti has inherited one aspect of hard work and achieved good performance.

Although the national team was eliminated seven times before the semifinals before the matches held outside Brazil since 209, Ancelotti was optimistic.

"This is the best national team in the world," he said. "It's not just my opinion, it's five stars on their shirts.

"No other national team can match them. Now I'm facing the challenge of winning sixth place. I'm fully accepting the challenge of bringing the sixth World Cup to Brazil, but to do so, we need the entire country to fall behind us.

“Brazil has to be behind the national team, players need to feel supportive, they need to be humble and united. Without humility, there is nothing you can do.

"The World Cup is different from any club champion. It's a feeling of having a country behind you, and that's why it always appeals to me. I'm here to be a Brazil champion again, I accept that, I'm a firm believer we can do that."

In Brazil, Ancelotti will work with several players he coaches at the club level, including Vinícius Júnior.

Vinícius played for Ancelotti in Madrid and became Ballon d'Or-under in October. Since Brazil's debut in 2019, the striker has scored only six goals in 39 games, but Ancelotti is convinced that he will shine for the national team.

"He is extraordinary, wonderful, hardworking, fighter jet like everyone else," Ancelotti said.

"This Brazilian player loves the national team very much, which can affect his natural thinking and put a lot of pressure on him to make mistakes. I firmly believe that he will do his best for the national team. He is one of the best teams in the world. He is always there.

"His best will come out soon."