[Football Observation] Why did Ancelotti become the first foreign coach in Brazil in the football kingdom?

Real Madrid coach Ancelotti coaches the Brazilian national team and begins to enter the countdown. Although the Brazilian Football Association officially announced that his appointment will be May 26, Real Madrid does not rule out the possibility of letting him go in advance. In the early morning of May 15, Ancelotti led Real Madrid to participate in the third-last La Liga match of the season. Even if Real Madrid can defeat Mallorca, as long as Barcelona defeats Espanyol in this round, Barcelona can win the La Liga championship two rounds ahead of schedule. The remaining two rounds of La Liga are likely to be like a formality against Real Madrid.

Ancelotti will definitely not lead Real Madrid to participate in the new version of the World Club Cup that began in June. Real Madrid might as well allow the interim coach to use the remaining two rounds of La Liga games to practice to lead the team to participate in the Club World Cup. The rumored new Real Madrid coach Alonso will not be in place quickly. Real Madrid's former player Solari, who once served as Real Madrid's interim coach, is expected to serve as interim coach again. He is now an executive of Real Madrid club.

At the pre-match press conference against Mallorca, Ancelotti said: "I have been the coach of Brazil since May 26, but I am still the coach of Real Madrid." When asked whether he was surprised that Real Madrid's club has not issued an official statement so far, Ancelotti responded: "Real Madrid will issue a statement at any time, and there is no problem. When did I know? My communication with the club needs to be kept confidential."

For becoming the first foreign coach of Brazil in the football kingdom of football, the famous Italian coach Ancelotti, who will be 66 years old next month, is already eager to try. As Brazilian Football Association Chairman Rodriguez said: "We hired the best coach in football history, who will coach the strongest national team on the planet."

Brazil is known as the football kingdom and stands out for the most powerful World Cup with a total of five World Cups. Each World Cup is considered a favorite to win the championship, but the last time he won the championship was far away in the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup. Brazil has produced a lot of star players, but unfortunately there have been serious faults at the coaching level in recent years. Titt is a good Brazilian coach, but was eliminated by European teams Belgium and Croatia in the 2018 World Cup and the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup respectively. Brazil has been unable to enter the semi-finals of the World Cup in a row, and Tit resigned as Brazil's head coach after the 2022 World Cup. Titt's successor is even worse. Meneses, Dinis and Dorival have all coached the Brazilian national team for a short time, but their record is terrible. On March 26 this year, Brazil lost 1-4 away in the World Cup qualifiers to Argentina, where Messi was on the verge of injury, and Dorival had to be dismissed. The Brazilian Football Association is under tremendous pressure when hiring foreign coaches in the football kingdom, but it is helpless because most of the retired Brazilian star players are not the materials for being coaches. Brazilian stars such as Romario, Bebeto, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Kaca, Cafo, Carlos, Adriano have basically not developed in the direction of coaching after retirement. Brazil's captain Dunga, when he won the 1994 World Cup, coached the Brazilian team, but his record was a mess. Midfield star Leonardo was also one of Brazil's members when he won the 1994 World Cup championship. He once replaced Ancelotti as AC Milan coach in 2009, and later served as Inter Milan coach, and later became the football director of Paris Saint-Germain. He basically faded out of the football world after Paris Saint-Germain left office.

Brazil has severely cuts at the coaching level, which is in sharp contrast with his arch-rival Argentina. Argentine coach Scaloni was once an Argentine international, and three national team assistant coaches Ayala, Aimal and Samuel were all famous Argentine internationals. Atletico Madrid coach Simeone and US coach Pochettino were both Argentina internationals. There are also many Argentine coaches who coach South America's national teams, such as Uruguayan coach Bielsa, Ecuador coach Becachez, Paraguayan coach Alfaro, Colombia coach Lorenzo, Venezuelan coach Batista, and Chilean coach Gareca. Argentina can output a lot of star players and a lot of coaches; Brazil can only output star players, but it is already seriously out of date at the coaching level.

The last coach of Brazil to win the World Cup was old coach Scolari, who led the team to win the championship in the 2002 World Cup and later coached the Brazilian team again, but suffered a Waterloo in the 2014 World Cup and lost to Germany 1-7 in the semi-finals. Since then, Brazil has never reached the World Cup semi-finals again.

Ancelotti has become the ceiling at the club coach level, leading the team to win the Champions League championship five times, ranking first in history, and leading the team to win the championship in all five major European leagues has become the only history so far. He needs to seek new breakthroughs. Brazilian internationals such as Vinicius, Rodrigo, Militon, and Casemiro, who have coached at Real Madrid, not only recognize his coaching ability, but also have a very good personal relationship. Although "Fat Tiger" Casemiro has already transferred to Manchester United, he still expressed support for Ancelotti as the Brazilian head coach at the first time and had a pleasant telephone conversation with Ancelotti. The veteran may become the main midfielder of Brazil's 2026 World Cup.

Although Ancelotti has no experience as the head coach of the national team, he served as an assistant coach of the Italian national team in the early stages of his coaching career and assisted the famous coach Saki. In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, Ancelotti was Italy's assistant coach. The Italian team reached the final of that World Cup and lost to the Brazilian team led by Romario, Bebeto and Dunga after a penalty kick. The 2026 World Cup is co-organized by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Ancelotti led the team to participate in the World Cup as the first foreign coach of the Brazilian team, which will be a brand new experience.

Text丨Reporter Liu Yi

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