The fourth foreign coach in history, it is difficult for Ancelotti to lead Brazil to win the World Cup

Sports Weekly All-Media Reporter Xiaozhong Report

On May 12, the Brazilian Football Association officially announced that Ancelotti would become the head coach of the Brazilian team. Ancelotti broke up peacefully with Real Madrid Club, led the team to play in La Liga on May 25, and he will fly to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 26. On that day, Ancelotti will announce the new list of Brazil's team, which is also his first list since becoming the head coach of Brazil. On June 5, in the 15th round of the South American World Cup qualifiers, Brazil will challenge Ecuador away. In the 16th round on June 10, Brazil will face Paraguay at home.

Ancelotti's contract with the Brazilian Football Association is one year and expires at the end of the 2026 World Cup next July. According to Brazil's "Global Sports" website, Ancelotti's annual salary is 10 million euros in the position of Brazil's coach. If the Brazilian team wins the 2026 World Cup championship, the Italian famous coach will also receive a €5 million prize.

On the morning of May 12, Brazil time, Brazilian Football Association Chairman Ednaldo Rodriguez announced the arrival of Ancelotti through the official website of the Brazilian Football Association. He said: "The Brazilian national team that has won the most in world football history will be led by coach Carlo Ancelotti, the world's greatest coach. He will fulfill his obligations to Real Madrid until the end of this season's La Liga. Taking Carlo Ancelotti to Brazil is not just a strategic action. It is a declaration of the world, and we are determined to restore our highest position on the podium. He is the greatest coach in history, and now he will coach the world's greatest national team. Together, we will write a new glorious chapter in Brazil's football."

Ancelotti's contract with Real Madrid expires at the end of June 2026, but the team has been poor this season, and Real Madrid does not want to keep him next season. Ancelotti has always been the first goal of the Brazilian Football Association in selecting coaches, but the question is how Ancelotti leaves Real Madrid. Initially, Ancelotti didn't want to quit voluntarily and hoped that Real Madrid would pay him a termination fee. But on May 6, the two sides reached an agreement that Real Madrid agreed to let Ancelotti leave, but the condition was that the news would not be announced before the Spanish national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona on May 10.

Ancelotti decided to live in Brazil with the goal of observing players playing in Brazil at close range. He already knows some of the players who play in Europe, such as Brazilian players who play in Real Madrid. Ancelotti also has some understanding of players who play in La Liga and other major European leagues.

Ancelotti will live in Rio de Janeiro, the city where the Brazilian Football Association is located. Initially, someone recommended him the unit building in Leibron District, which he loved and wanted to live there. The Leibron District is located in the southern part of Rio, near the sea, and is the most expensive and wealthy area in Rio. Later, someone suggested that Ancelotti live in Bahadatijuca, the new district in Rio. Living there, closer to the Brazilian Football Association headquarters, Ancelotti is more convenient for work. Where will I live after coaching the Brazilian team be in Lebron or Bahada Tijuca? Ancelotti will be determined after coming to Brazil at the end of May.

Arrived in Rio on May 26. On the afternoon of the same day, at the Brazilian Football Association headquarters, Ancelotti will announce the list of the Brazilian team's new recruitment and hold a press conference. Ancelotti will stay in the hotel for the first time in Brazil. Staying in Rio for a few days, he had time to decide where to live and some other things in the future. On June 2, the Brazilian team will gather in Sao Paulo and start preparing for the game at the Joaquin Grava training base of Corinthian club. On June 4, Brazil flew to Guayaquil, Ecuador. The first list of Brazil's team is based on a large roster drafted by Brazilian Football Association Men's Football Association Coordinator Rodrig Caetano and Brazil's national team's technical coordination and former Brazilian central defender Juan. This week, Rodrigo Caetano and Juan will fly to Madrid to meet Ancelotti to explain the situation. When Ancelotti took office, he didn't know much about Brazilian football. During this transition period, Rodrigue Caetano and Juan will provide him with the necessary support and help.

The five-star Brazil team hired a foreign coach. Some people in Brazil couldn't figure it out, and felt that they were embarrassed and had no dignity. But Ancelotti is not the first foreign coach in Brazil's history, but the fourth.

On July 21, 1914, the first match in history, Brazil defeated the visiting England team Exeter City 2-0. Since then, in the 110-year history, Brazil has had 35 head coaches and 19 interim head coaches, three of whom are foreigners, Uruguayan Ramon Pratro, Portuguese Joreka and Argentine Philpo Nunez.

Ramon Pratro is the first head coach in Brazil's history. During his coaching at Da Gama in 1925, he was ordered to lead the Brazilian national team to the South American Football Championship (the predecessor of the Copa America) in Argentina in 1925. In that event, Brazil won the runner-up and the host Argentina won the championship. In the early days, Rio and Sao Paulo were two major cities in Brazil's football, and the Brazilian players basically came from teams from those two states. Joreca's real name is Joe Geus de Lima. In 1944, when he was the head coach of Sao Paulo, he represented Sao Paulo State and Flavio Costa represented Rio State. The two served as double coaches of Brazil and led the Brazilian team to play two friendly matches. In 1965, the opening match of the Mineran Stadium was invited to participate. But the Brazilian Football Association did not send the original Brazilian team, but asked Palmeiras to participate in the name of the Brazilian national team. So Palmeiras's then head coach Philpo Nunez temporarily became the head coach of the Brazilian team and led the team to play a game.

Ancelotti coaches the Brazilian team and is the most famous foreign coach in the history of the Brazilian team. He has also become the coach of the national team with the highest annual salary in the world. Brazil's team has been in poor condition in recent years, lacking good players, and the players are psychologically unstable. Ancelotti will face huge challenges when he joins the Samba Legion..

There are 4 rounds left in the World Cup qualifiers, and there will be friendly matches in March and June next year, leaving only one year for Ancelotti. In this process, he must first adapt to and become familiar with Brazil's situation and understand Brazil's football, and then determine the new personnel composition and style of playing for the Brazilian team. Ancelotti has experience and ability, but the time is too short. It should be difficult for him to create magic and lead the team to win the championship in just one year. If the Brazilian team can find the style and style that suits them, find confidence, and become a world football team again, Ancelotti's task will be successfully completed.

After the 2002 World Cup, except for the 2014 local World Cup, which used the host's advantage to reach the semi-finals, Brazil's team stopped in the quarter-finals in other World Cups and were eliminated by European teams. If Brazil can pass the quarterfinals in next year's World Cup, Ancelotti's job will be done well. If there is another breakthrough on that basis, it would be even better.