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Coach Carlo Ancelotti held a press conference this Thursday (9th), on the eve of the Brazilian National Team's friendly against South Korea in Seoul.

The Italian coach highlighted the challenge of assembling a cohesive team in a short amount of time, but assured that the players' attitude and commitment will be crucial to reaching a high level by the 2026 World Cup.

Since arriving in the South Korean capital, Brazil has had only one training session with the full squad on the field, this Thursday (9th).

Even so, Ancelotti positively assessed the team's defensive performance, although he noted that he still expects greater improvement in the offensive sector and individual plays.

Check out the excerpt from the Brazilian coach's press conference below. 👇

The Brazilian National Team faced logistical problems upon the players' arrival in South Korea.

Joelinton was the last to land in Seoul, only late Wednesday afternoon (8th), after needing to return to the Netherlands due to a failure in the aircraft and spending the night there.

With his arrival, all 26 called-up players participated in the training session led by Carlo Ancelotti.

In the Wednesday (8th) activity, held at Goyang Stadium, Bruno Guimarães, who also had to return to Amsterdam on the same flight as Joelinton, only participated in the beginning of the session and then did exercises on the bike while Ancelotti tested the starting lineup.

The expectation is that the Newcastle midfielder will train normally among the starters this Thursday, in an activity closed to the press.

Brazil faces South Korea on October 10th at 1:00 PM (Brasília time), and Japan on the 14th at 12:30 PM.

So, what do you expect from these Brazil friendlies?

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

📸 DANIEL MIRANDA - AFP or licensors