Ancelotti ‘drops’ Flamengo’s Léo Pereira from the Brazil squad | OneFootball

What did Léo Pereira say about Carlo Ancelotti’s attitude with the Brazilian National Team?

Léo Pereira is still adapting to many things in the Brazilian National Team, especially Carlo Ancelotti’s language. So, as soon as he received the Italian’s greeting, Flamengo’s number 4 thought the coach of the ‘Seleção’ was sending him away.

— I hadn’t even arrived yet, and he said ciao (which means hi, nice to meet you in Italian). At that moment you get very nervous, but he’s Italian, so I realized it was just the language. Then he said: Nice to meet you, how was the trip, Léo? And I said it was great —, Léo Pereira said in an interview with ‘TNT Sports’.

HOW HAS LÉO PEREIRA’S SEASON WITH THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM BEEN?

With Ancelotti’s ciao, which sounds like “tchau” in speech, Léo Pereira truly realized he was having his first experience with the Brazilian National Team. Since the start of training with the ‘Seleção’, the Flamengo defender has been tested by the Italian coach.

In Brazil’s very first match of this FIFA window, against France, Léo Pereira started alongside Bremer. In the ‘Seleção’s’ 2-1 loss to the French, Flamengo’s number 4 played the full 90 minutes.

WILL LÉO PEREIRA START IN BRAZIL’S NEXT MATCH?

Based on the latest training sessions, the tendency is for Carlo Ancelotti to make some changes to the team compared to the one that played against France. However, Léo Pereira could remain in central defense alongside Marquinhos, who has recovered from injury.

SEE BRAZIL’S LIKELY LINEUP FOR THE MATCH AGAINST CROATIA

Ederson, Ibañez, Marquinhos, Léo Pereira and Douglas Santos; Casemiro and Danilo; Luiz Henrique, Matheus Cunha, João Pedro and Vini Jr.

WHEN IS THE BRAZIL VS CROATIA MATCH?

With Léo Pereira available, Brazil returns to the field this Tuesday (31) to face Croatia in the final friendly of the FIFA window. Kickoff is at 9:30 p.m. (Brasília time) in Orlando, Florida. Rede Globo (free-to-air), SporTV (pay TV), and GETV (YouTube) will broadcast the match. Finally, Coluna do Fla will bring all the details on its website and social media.

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