Carlo Ancelotti will be Brazil’s new national coach. However, this will not happen immediately: according to the Brazilian media outlet Globo, he will be at the helm from 2024. Until then, the Brazilian federation will appoint a confidant of Ancelotti to start the transition period.
Brazil finally got hold of Ancelotti
Brazil has been looking for a new national coach since the elimination at the World Cup. Tite said goodbye after the defeat against Croatia in the quarterfinals, under interim coach Ramon Menezes, exhibition games were then played against Morocco and Guinea. In between, big names such as Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho passed in review. As Tite’s successors, but a deal was not reached.
Menezes will in any case remain involved with the Brazilian team until 2024. Globo knows that Ancelotti wants to be involved with his future employer, despite his contract with Real Madrid continuing. He will appoint a confidant to do the honors until the end of next season, according to the Brazilian medium. That confidant will maintain contacts with the Brazilian internationals who play in Europe. Menezes will do that for the internationals who are active in Brazil.
Because Ancelotti has a continuous contract with Real Madrid, Brazil is not expected to make an official statement about the Italian’s future appointment until January. Ancelotti’s big goal will be to lead Brazil to its first World Cup success since 2002 in 2026.
Mexico fires national coach week before Gold Cup
Chaos at the national team of Mexico. National coach Diego Cocca has been fired as national coach. A week before El Tri will compete for gold at the Gold Cup. The news was announced Monday evening.
Cocca’s resignation comes as a surprise, all the more so because he had only been in office for a short time. After the World Cup, the Argentinian was appointed as the successor to his compatriot Gerardo Martino, who had failed to lead Mexico through the group stage at a World Cup for the first time in 1978. After a handful of matches, Cocca is now also the loser.
The Mexican federation indicates that Jaime Lozano will lead the team at that tournament, he is known in his own country as the national coach of the Mexican promises during the Olympic Games in Tokyo two years ago. There Mexico went home with bronze. The hunt for a ninth overall victory at the Gold Cup starts in a group stage. With Haiti, Honduras and Qatar, which also received a starting ticket. Mexico opens on Sunday, with Édson Álvarez, Jorge Sánchez and Santiago Giménez in the ranks, against Honduras.
