Carlo Ancelotti changed the face to Brazil This Tuesday, in his first game at home, and received his first victory as a birthday gift and the World Cup classificationthat had been more complicated than because for a selection of the hierarchy of the Pentacampeone.
Ancelotti came out with an alignment with four attack men, which allowed him to have more offensive presence, tactical order and, above all, more capacity to generate goal occasions than in his sad debut in Ecuador (0-0). Ancelotti Brazil begins to take shape.
The result, a 1-0 victory against Paraguay that has earned Brazil to seal its classification to the World Cup with two days in advance.
The result comes to Ancelotti as a birthday gift, the day the coach turned 66.
The Corinthians stadium did not ignore the event and received the Reggiolo coach with a hot birthday greeting.
“Congratulations, Carletto”, in Portuguese, could be read in a mosaic on bright green and yellow paper, formed on the two floors of the East Gradierío of the Paulista Coliseum.
Then the nerves. Ancelotti did not sit on the bench or a moment throughout the game.
Always with his hands in his pockets, chewing a gum, Carletto walked by short steps through the delimited area in front of the Brazilian bench, giving some timely instruction, or some palms to Rafinha or Alisson: the usual quiet style of the Italian.
In the 43rd minute, he arrived El Gol de Vinícius. Ancelotti, celebrated it with contained joy, without fuss, and then, with a hug to the player he directed at Real Madrid in the last four seasons.
With Carletto, Vinícius went from being a player who was not settled in the eleven holder of Real Madrid, to win the FIFA The Best Award.
In the Brazilian team, Vinícius also expects your mentor to help you improve your numbers, for the moment poor and that they will be fundamental to improve Brazil's options in the 2026 World Cup.
Before Paraguay, his participation went beyond the goal, unbalanced and generated a sense of danger in the goal of the 'kitten' Fernández while he was in the countryside. An improvement in the new stage of Ancelotti.
Vinícius's goal and Brazil's offensive improvement gave tranquility to Italian coach.
The only moment in which he was altered was due to a stomp by Mathías Villasanti to Vanderson at the end of the first part. The Italian protested heatedly and then commented on the play with the line judge.
At the end of the game, Carletto celebrated him visibly happy, pressing his fists to the bench.
