Diniz, Brazil’s interim coach, refused to talk about Ancelotti

Fernando Diniz, Fluminense coach and presented this Wednesday as Brazil’s new interim coach, refused to give any information about the possible arrival of the Italian in Canarinha Carlo Ancelotti by mid-2024.

“I will not go into the matter of Ancelotti. That is a matter for the president (of the Brazilian Football Confederation, CBF). I will talk about my playing style”, Diniz said in the press conference he gave when he was introduced as the new coach of the five-time world champion team.

Despite the fact that the press conference in CBF headquarters in Rio de Janeiro It was to show the new interim coach, the questions about Ancelotti were repeated, as well as Diniz’s refusals to answer them.

The doubts stem from the fact that, in an interview he gave on television on Friday, the CBF President, Ednaldo Rodrigues, Indicated that the Italian will coach in Brazil during the America’s Cup 2024, scheduled for the middle of next year and when his contract with Real Madrid expires.

Diniz acknowledged that his temporary contract is for one year and also includes the Copa América, and said that he has also heard versions that Ancelotti will manage the Canary in 2024 but they cannot be confirmed.

“Regarding Ancelotti I know the plans exist, but I don’t know how they are. They have to find another way to confirm this information,” he said.

The Fluminense coach He said that he did not know Ancelotti personally and that, in his talks with the CBF leaders, he guaranteed that he would have complete freedom and autonomy to impose his style of play without having to listen to anyone.

“I spoke with the president of the CBF and I received the guarantee that I will have complete freedom to do my work. Talk to others (coaches), I talk. I will have a group within the CBF and people that I will bring that I can talk to,” he said.

Diniz, who will continue as coach of Fluminense during his time as an interim team, will take over the position instead of Ramón Menezes, coach of the Sub-20 and that he was taking over after Tite’s resignation.

Diniz will make his debut as Canarinha coach next September, when they face Brazil Bolivia and Peru in the South American qualifiers for World Cup 2026.

Canarinha has been without a coach since December last year Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, better known as ‘Tite’, he bid farewell as coach after elimination in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar 2022 against Croatia.

Ramón Menezes, who will now focus exclusively on the U-20, led the team temporarily in three games, in which he achieved only victory against Guineain other matches Brazil lost to Morocco and Senegal.