Adriana Garcia
May 30, 2025, 04:49 AM ET
Carlo Ancelotti wants Brazil to play similar his Real Madrid squad did successful the 2023-24 play erstwhile they won LaLiga and the Champions League.
The Italian coach, who precocious parted with Madrid pursuing a disappointing season, took complaint of Brazil's nationalist team this week.
"My Brazil volition play similar Real Madrid, but not similar Real Madrid this year, alternatively similar Real Madrid past year," helium told Marca. "That's what I want."
Madrid were eliminated successful the Champions League quarterfinals, beaten by Barcelona successful the Copa del Rey final, and finished runners-up to Barça this past season, a opposition to an unforgettable 2024 that saw Los Blancos adjacent their champion ever-year by lifting 5 titles.
"The results were not arsenic expected," helium said of his departure from Madrid. "The team's play wasn't bully either. It was bound to happen."
Brazil person not won a World Cup since 2002 and Ancelotti is inheriting a broadside that has struggled to get results and present bully performances.
Despite the nationalist squad having been eliminated 7 times earlier the semifinals since 209 astatine tournaments held extracurricular Brazil, Ancelotti is optimistic.
"It's the champion nationalist squad successful the world," helium said. "That's not conscionable my opinion, it's the 5 stars connected their shirts.
"No different nationalist squad tin lucifer them. Now I've got the situation of winning the sixth. I afloat judge the situation of bringing the sixth World Cup to Brazil, but to bash truthful we request the full state to beryllium down us.
"Brazil has to get down the nationalist team, the players request to consciousness supported, they request to beryllium humble and instrumentality together. Without humility, there's not overmuch you tin do.
"The World Cup is antithetic from immoderate nine title. It's a feeling of having a state down you, and that's wherefore it's ever appealed to me. I'm present to marque Brazil champions again, I judge that and I'm convinced we tin bash it."
At Brazil, Ancelotti volition enactment with respective players helium has coached astatine nine level, including Vinícius Júnior.
Vinícius played for Ancelotti astatine Madrid and finished arsenic the Ballon d'Or runner-up successful October. The guardant has scored lone six goals successful 39 appearances since making his Brazil debut successful 2019, but Ancelotti is convinced helium volition radiance for the nationalist team.
"He is extraordinary, fantastic, hardworking, a combatant similar fewer others," Ancelotti said.
"The Brazilian subordinate is precise fond of the nationalist team, and that tin impact his earthy thinking, putting a batch of unit connected him to bash well, which doesn't let him to marque mistakes. I americium convinced that helium volition springiness his champion for the nationalist team. He is 1 of the champion successful the world. He is ever there.
"His champion volition soon travel out."