Carlo Ancelotti met Ståle Solbakken and was “voted out” of the World Cup. The Italian coaching legend has led several of the biggest clubs to a bunch of titles, but had to watch his Brazilian world stars go goalless from the pitch. Correction, Neymar got a consolation goal on a penalty in injury time. The world’s most winning football nation in the World Cup disappeared from the championship in the round of 8, where they would finally go all the way to the top with Ancelotti at the helm. On Friday, it was time for Ancelotti and Brazil again, this time against Australia.
The Brazilian world stars faced Australia in the first of two matches against the “Socceroos”. The first ended in a 1-1 draw and a very disappointed Carlo Ancelotti could not quite explain what is happening, but blames it on the run-in.
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“We have to be patient, because these are tests we have to go through. We have to give opportunities to the young players who don’t get much playing time. We have to look forward, because this was one test, and the next one will be another,” the Italian said, according to Brazilian Lance.
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We have faith in Ancelotti, but the question is whether the Brazilians have the patience to “test”, after the Italian led Brazil out of the World Cup with a loss to what until 2026 was seen as a football mosquito. Who himself occasionally played with Denmark on Thursday in the Nations League, with a 3-2 victory.
