Newspapers highlighted the Italian coach's stance in leading the comeback against Japan, but point out that Brazil still shows vulnerabilities and relies on individual flashes.
'Ancelotti is Brazil's antidote to chaos': international press praises coach, but sees the National Team far from convincing Getty Images Brazil's dramatic qualification for the Round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup echoed around the world with an almost unanimous assessment in the international press: the National Team is still far from enchanting, but has found in Carlo Ancelotti the leader capable of preventing the team from succumbing to pressure. Ancelotti's serenity in the match against Japan — in which Brazil fell behind — was one of the main highlights of The Athletic, the sports publication of The New York Times. According to the newspaper, the qualification was achieved "with patience, tactical adjustments, and cool-headedness, characteristics that increasingly seem to define Carlo Ancelotti's work at the helm of the Brazilian National Team". As an example, the report highlighted the coach's reaction to the comeback go
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