Ancelotti returns to Brazil and meets the coaching staff | OneFootball

Carlo Ancelotti arrived in Rio de Janeiro this Tuesday (28), resuming in-person activities with the Brazilian National Team’s coaching staff. He met with the National Teams Department at CBF headquarters to map out plans for the team’s upcoming commitments.

The coach has the task of building the squad that will begin the road to the 2030 World Cup. The first challenge will come as early as September, during the so-called Super FIFA window, with three international friendlies. There will be another FIFA window in November 2026.

The first matches in official competitions will be in the South American qualifiers for the 2030 World Cup, which will begin in the second half of 2027. The tournament will feature new rules due to the automatic qualification of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, which will host the opening matches of the World Cup’s centenary edition. In 2028, it will be time for the Copa América, which will have its 49th edition and is expected to be played in the United States.

The Brazilian National Team’s coaching staff met this Tuesday (28)Credits: Samara Moumei/CBF

Aware of the responsibility ahead, the man in charge of the Seleção spoke about the importance of planning in this new World Cup cycle.

“We are going to start putting together a new team, watching and testing young players, but without giving up on some of the athletes who were with us at the World Cup and who still have a lot to contribute to the National Team,” Ancelotti said.

The working group meeting included Rodrigo Caetano, General Coordinator of Men’s National Teams; Cícero Souza, general manager of men’s national teams; Juan Santos, technical coordinator; Cristiano Nunes, physical preparation coordinator; Bruno Baquete and Thomaz Araújo, performance analysts; Guilherme Passos, physiologist; and Sérgio Dimas, general supervisor. In addition to reviewing Brazil’s performance at the 2026 World Cup, the meeting addressed the National Team’s next steps, upcoming call-ups, logistics, travel planning, and technical matters across all areas involved.

“It is the beginning of a new stage in our work leading the National Teams department. We are going to work very hard during this period so that we can represent our country well in all the competitions ahead of us, starting with the qualifiers and the Copa América,” Rodrigo Caetano commented.

Ancelotti met with the National Teams Department at CBF headquartersCredits: Samara Moumei/CBF

Another important point of the meeting was strengthening the integration between the senior national team and the youth teams, a process that had already begun since Ancelotti’s arrival and will now take place more intensively, also with an eye on those teams’ commitments, such as the Under-17 World Cup in November in Qatar, and the building of a foundation for the next Olympic cycle, a task in the hands of Paulo Victor, who is also coach of the Under-20 team.

Ancelotti and his assistant coaches will also resume monitoring matches in competitions involving Brazilian clubs and players around the world, while also traveling to closely watch matches in the Brazilian Championship and the Copa do Brasil.

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