Ancelotti’s English assistant enjoys Brazil friendly in London | OneFootball

This Saturday, at the Emirates Stadium in London, the Brazilian National Team faces Senegal at 1 PM (Brasília time) in the first friendly match of this FIFA date. Londoner Paul Clement, assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti, celebrated the opportunity to be on the sidelines for a Brazil game in his hometown.

“It has been very special since I started with the National Team, what an honor to be with the greatest team in the history of world football. We started in June, and it was very special to travel to Brazil for the first time and be involved with this great team, great players, and a great coach. It is very nice to work with the National Team in my country and my city. I was born in London, my friends and family are going, I am very excited and looking forward to it,” he said to CBF TV.

Brazil will play its last match of 2025 against Tunisia. The match will take place this Tuesday at 4:30 PM at the Decathlon Stadium in Lille, France.

“It is good to play against different teams, with different styles, and from different parts of the world. These are challenges we will face in the World Cup. We will face teams from Asia, Africa, possibly from South America, maybe from North America, from all over the world. When we get to the World Cup, we want different tests, now we will face African teams and we will have two more good matches in March. When we reach the World Cup, our planning and preparation will have been very good,” he stated.

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At the end of this FIFA date, there will have been eight matches with Carlo Ancelotti and his coaching staff, who since their arrival have set the goal of having a greater understanding of Brazilian players.

“The goal was to get to know the players as well as possible. The way the staff is organized, the Mister is very present in Brazil. We went to Brazil to watch the Brazilian Championship and the Libertadores. There is a group of us in Europe. I stay in London, Francesco and Simone in Italy, Mino in Spain, so we have great coverage of the athletes playing in Europe,” he explained.

“I think the organization is very good for us to observe how the players are doing and follow possible call-ups who are in good form close to the World Cup list. And in the call-ups, we are trying to establish a style of play, a cohesive team, and of course, be tactically strong in defense and attack, in set pieces and transitions,” he added.

Schedule for 2026

The director of competitions at CBF, Rodrigo Caetano, revealed that the National Team will face two European teams in the United States in March 2026. The confederation is waiting for the end of the European Qualifiers to define the next opponents.

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