Marquinhos: PSG a template for Ancelotti's Brazil

Paris Saint-Germain skipper Marquinhos thinks his nine has provided a template for his Brazil nationalist squad to execute success.

The French giants stormed to a Ligue 1, Coupe de France and UEFA Champions League treble this play contempt the departure of prima Kylian Mbappé to Real Madrid.

"When you triumph a title, you reflect," Marquinhos told reporters connected Monday. "But everyone present knows the PSG players contiguous and those successful the nationalist team, and they are highly unfastened to the corporate oregon the team.

"Of course, determination are coaches who person preferences successful benignant and play, and immoderate players acceptable successful better. We saw [PSG coach] Luis Enrique saying aft winning the [Champions League] rubric that helium would similar to person players similar Mbappé, it would beryllium large to person him connected the team, but these are the players' choices.

"He chose to leave, and Luis Enrique built a squad with what helium had available. [Brazil coach] Carlo [Ancelotti] volition person to bash the aforesaid here, get to cognize the players helium has and usage their prime and what they person to connection for the bully of the team. Soccer is truthful competitive, and each small item counts erstwhile it comes to winning the World Cup oregon the Champions League.

"PSG was a objection of that, with each the players giving their each to go champions. It's nary antithetic here, contempt the results.

"All it takes is for everything to acceptable wrong the doctrine and for the manager to beryllium wide astir what helium wants. When each the players person this perfect for the team, the idiosyncratic comes easily. Focus connected the corporate and the idiosyncratic volition follow."

Thursday's 2026 World Cup qualifier astatine Ecuador volition beryllium Ancelotti's archetypal crippled successful complaint of Brazil.

Brazil person not won the World Cup since 2002 and Ancelotti is inheriting a broadside that has struggled to get results and present bully performances.

"I saw astatine PSG that things tin alteration precise quickly, the dynamics, the energy, everything," Marquinhos said. "I anticipation that happens here, too. I've had small interaction with Ancelotti, lone past nighttime and this morning, but helium gave maine a wide representation of the crippled plan.

"With his experience, the adaptation volition beryllium quick. With his experience, we volition amended with each grooming session. He brings energy, thing new. It's a abbreviated clip until the World Cup, truthful this vigor is precise important. It's conscionable a start, it volition beryllium a batch connected our show connected the field."

Brazil person yet to unafraid qualification for the World Cup. They are 4th successful the South American qualifying group, 10 points adrift of leaders Argentina, who person already sealed a spot astatine the 2026 World Cup. The apical six teams suffice automatically, with the seventh squad entering a playoff.

"Our archetypal extremity is to qualify, that's what we're aiming for now," Marquinhos said. "We inquire everyone to stay calm, patient, and to person a batch of assurance successful our acquisition and successful our coach. He volition bring results, yes, and we anticipation it volition beryllium successful the adjacent game. If not, we inquire for patience due to the fact that it volition enactment out.

"Our existent extremity is to suffice for the World Cup, grow, summation strength, and get successful bully signifier for the World Cup aft qualifying. We ever combat for titles, we ever combat astatine the apical present successful the nationalist team, careless of the moment. We volition ever person the highest ambitions.

"The radical needs to beryllium beardown and prepared. That's however we prepared for the Champions League and that's however it needs to beryllium with the nationalist team."