New Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti said helium is "honoured and arrogant to pb the champion squad successful the world" and targeted winning the 2026 World Cup.
The 65-year-old was unveiled arsenic Brazil brag successful a quality league astatine the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) headquarters.
The Italian joins the Selecao having been Real Madrid manager for the past 4 years. He has won the Champions League connected 3 occasions and the La Liga rubric doubly implicit 2 spells successful charge.
Ancelotti besides guided AC Milan to go European champions twice, won the Premier League and FA Cup with Chelsea arsenic good arsenic the French and German home titles with Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich respectively.
"I person a large occupation up of me," helium said. "I'm delighted, the situation is great. I've ever had a peculiar transportation with this team. We're going to enactment to marque Brazil champions again.
"I'm honoured and arrogant to pb the champion squad successful the world."
Brazil person won the World Cup 5 times, with the astir caller triumph successful 2002, and Ancelotti's archetypal games with them are 2 South American World Cup qualifiers.
They play against Ecuador distant connected 5 June earlier a location crippled against Paraguay successful Sao Paulo 5 days later.
Ancelotti was welcomed by erstwhile Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari and has replaced Dorival Junior, who was sacked astatine the extremity of March pursuing a 4–1 decision by Argentina, a humiliating nonaccomplishment that was the latest successful a bid of mediocre results.
Brazil are 4th in South American World Cup qualifying with 4 matches to go, with the apical six teams earning nonstop qualification to the contention successful the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The team's struggles began much than 2 years agone erstwhile they were knocked retired of the 2022 World Cup by Croatia connected penalties successful the quarter-finals. They person since mislaid 5 of their past 14 games, conceding 16 goals.
Ancelotti has selected Manchester United midfielder Casemiro and Tottenham guardant Richarlison successful his archetypal squad for adjacent week's World Cup qualifiers.
The brace person not played for their state since a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Uruguay successful October 2023.
The 25-man radical besides includes Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson, Fulham midfielder Andreas Pereira, Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, Arsenal guardant Gabriel Martinelli and Wolves' Matheus Cunha, who is acceptable to determination to Manchester United.
Antony, connected indebtedness astatine Real Betis from Manchester United, is expected to play successful the Conference League last for the Spanish broadside against Chelsea connected Wednesday and helium has besides been picked.
Striker Neymar has been ruled retired arsenic helium recovers from a thigh wounded helium sustained successful April, though helium made a substitute quality for Santos connected Sunday successful their 1-0 triumph implicit Vitoria successful Brazil's Serie A.
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Bento (Al-Nassr), Hugo Souza (Corinthians).
Defenders: Alex Sandro, Danilo, Leo Ortiz, Wesley (all Flamengo), Alexsandro (Lille), Lucas Beraldo, Marquinhos (both Paris St-Germain), Carlos Augusto (Inter Milan), Vanderson (Monaco).
Midfielders: Andreas Pereira (Fulham), Andrey Santos (Strasbourg), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Casemiro (Manchester United), Ederson (Atalanta), Gerson (Flamengo).
Forwards: Antony (Real Betis), Estevao (Palmeiras), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Matheus Cunha (Wolves), Raphinha (Barcelona), Richarlison (Tottenham), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid).
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