📋 No Neymar or Rodrygo: Ancelotti announces his first Brazil squad
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Carlo Ancelotti arrived in Brazil this weekend, after directing his last game with Real Madrid, in a season that ended with empty hands for the Merengues.
The prestigious Italian coach, a multi-champion with several of the biggest clubs in Europe, was officially presented just minutes ago by the Brazilian Football Confederation.
TIME CONVOCADO! 🇧🇷 O treinador da Seleção Brasileira, Carlo Ancelotti, anunciou nesta segunda-feira (26) a lista dos convocados para os jogos contra Equador e Paraguai, pelas Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo 2026.ISSO É BRASIL! 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/o2BuMvnnmq
— CBF Futebol (@CBF_Futebol) May 26, 2025
And the Brazilian National Team has no time to lose, so shortly after the official presentation, the list of call-ups for the next games of the Verdeamarela was released.
Brazil, which is fourth in the Conmebol classification for the 2026 World Cup, will play on June 5th away against Ecuador in Guayaquil, and five days later will host Paraguay at the Corinthians Arena in São Paulo.There are two notable absences in the call-up: that of Neymar Jr., who is not going through a good moment in Santos, and that of Rodrygo, the player that Ancelotti coached until a few days ago in Real Madrid, and is also going through a bad individual moment, apparently aggravated by the last frustrations of the Merengue season.
Goalkeepers: Alisson, Bento and Hugo Souza
Defenders: Alex Sandro, Alexsandro, Lucas Beraldo, Carlos Augusto, Danilo, Leo Ortiz, Marquinhos, Vanderson, Wesley
Midfielders: Andreas Pereira, Andrey Santos, Bruno Guimarães, Casemiro, Ederson, Gerson
Forwards: Antony, Estevão, Gabriel Martinelli, Matheus Cunha, Raphinha, Richarlison and Vinícius Jr.
Ancelotti will have, at 65 years old, his first experience in charge of a national team, while the Brazilian National Team appoints, only for the fourth time in its history, a non-Brazilian coach, to get out of one of the biggest football crises that the five-time world champion has had.
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