Under-15, 17 and 20 coaches hail meeting with Carlo Ancelotti | OneFootball

Patetuci, Ancelotti, Dalla Déa and Paulo Victor: national teams in harmonyCredits: Rafael Ribeiro / CBF

The meeting between head coach Carlo Ancelotti and the managers of CBF’s three Brazilian men’s youth national teams, held on Thursday afternoon (30) at Granja Comary in Teresópolis (RJ), marked the beginning of a new phase in the integration process among all levels of the Canarinho.

For nearly two hours, Ancelotti and Paulo Victor, of the Under-20 team, Carlos Eduardo Patetuci, of the Under-17s, and Guilherme Dalla Déa, of the Under-15s, discussed strategic topics related to the development of Brazilian football and player training. The meeting also served to establish the guidelines that will steer the joint work of the coaching staffs in the coming cycles.

The initiative reinforces CBF’s commitment to an integrated sports management model, in which the constant exchange of information, methodologies and concepts strengthens talent development and makes it easier for young players to transition to the senior national team, ensuring greater continuity in the work carried out across all age groups.

Also present at the meeting, among several representatives of the youth coaching staffs, were the general executive coordinator of the men’s national teams, Rodrigo Caetano, and the men’s national teams manager, Cícero Souza.

“It was very important. Ancelotti wants increasingly frequent contact with the youth teams. He wants to encourage that. And when you see how simple and humble he is when speaking, for a coach who has won so many titles, that is very positive. He said he would really like to hear from us, to know how we see Brazilian football and the development of our youth game, with the intention of maximizing our players’ potential more and more, so that they can be prepared in the best possible way to make the transition to the senior national team,” said Guilherme Dalla Déa.

For Carlos Eduardo Patetuci, of the Under-17 national team, the meeting will bear fruit through this integration work among the national teams.

“It is a very important process, given the moment we are living through. It is truly an honor to be with Mister Carlo Ancelotti, Rodrigo Caetano, Cícero Souza, all the coaches, and all the youth staff. This integration is essential so that we can map out the path forward. It is a process, and we need to stay within a single methodology that integrates the youth teams and the senior national team. The main goal is to keep developing and training in the best possible way,” Patetuci said.

Paulo Victor, of the Under-20 national team, highlighted the same points as his colleagues, stressing that this was the first of many meetings that will contribute to strengthening Brazilian football.

"It was extremely positive. It shows the direction the institution has been taking with regard to integration in this process of renewing the senior national team. It is a very important part of understanding exactly how Mister Ancelotti sees this renewal process, what the main points are, what is being sought most, and how we can contribute to this process, from the Under-15s to the Under-23 national team. The conversation moved very much in that direction, and I am sure it was the first of many we will have in order to deal with alignment, ideas, identity, methodologies, characteristics, and player profiles. It is a path of no return, and we are happy with the simplicity and humility with which he treats us and all the matters related to this renewal," said Paulo Victor.

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