Analysis-Soccer-Ancelotti Gamble Leaves Brazil Mired in World Cup Quicksand
Brazil’s reliance on older veterans left it short of pace and energy, while Vinicius Jr was the only starter to offer consistent threat.
- On Sunday, Brazil suffered a 2-1 defeat against Norway in New Jersey, ending their World Cup campaign. The loss extends the record five-time champions' wait for a sixth title to at least 28 years.
- Brazil drifted for three years while pursuing Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti from Real Madrid. The team failed to successfully transition, falling between past and future by relying on nostalgia over renewal.
- Ancelotti's decision to trust aging stars backfired, as Danilo and Casemiro struggled with pace. Norwegian substitute Andreas Schjelderup exploited the flank, proving Brazil lacked the energy to match Norway's younger squad.
- Neymar offered little surprise, appearing rusty while struggling to regain his former attacking speed. Despite a stoppage-time penalty, his late introduction could not rescue the team from their stagnant performance.
- Failure to prioritize younger players for the 2030 World Cup makes Brazil's strategic choices difficult to explain. The squad must now address why they ignored opportunities for a valuable, bruising education.
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The Viking row took Brazil out of the World Cup, brought it down the Atlantic current that leads to Rio de Janeiro before it was imagined. A tsunami in the eighth of the end, on the banks of the Hudson River, in New Jersey, where the MetLife rises, stage of the final of Sunday 19 and where the Brazilian dream of the hexa-championate will no longer take place. The supposed reconstruction that Carlo Ancelotti had faced fell apart before a Norway t…
Analysis-Soccer-Ancelotti gamble leaves Brazil mired in World Cup quicksand
By Fernando Kallas EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, July 5 (Reuters) - Brazil spent three years chasing Carlo Ancelotti as if the Italian carried a golden key to their sixth World Cup. On Sunday, after a 2-1 defeat by Norway in the New Jersey heat, the rec...
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