Casemiro: “It is disrespectful to talk about Ancelotti within the national team”

the midfielder Casemiro confirmed this Wednesday talking about the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti enters the Brazilian team is a “disrespect” for the current coach of Canarinha, Fernando Diniz.

“Ancelotti He is a good and successful coach, but he has a contract with Real Madrid and it is disrespectful to talk about Ancelotti within the national team,” he said. Casemiro andn press conference in the Amazonian city of Belém, where Brazil He will play on Friday.

He Italian, According to the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), he will take over the technical direction of Canarinha in July of next year, when his contract with Real Madrid expires and in his place he is appointed as interim you, Fluminense coach.

“We know that ancelotti He is a great coach, however, we have a great coach Diniz and we respect him as if he is our coach for a World Cup,” said Casemiro.

After the second training session for the debut of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, where Brazil will host Bolivia, to CasemiroHe also referred to the “legacy” he left behind tits, the former selector.

“Tite gave us hope that we could win the World Cup and he did a great job,” said the Manchester United player.

For Casemiro,”every coach has his own style and Diniz has a different way of playing”, but, in that sense, “we have a base and it’s just a matter of adaptation by the coach, by the players, by the team “.

During Canarinha’s second training session, striker Neymar gave a scare after falling on his arm and was treated by medical staff, but the Al-Hilal striker later recovered and returned to the pitch as normal.

Like the first training session on Tuesday, this Wednesday’s training session at the Mangueirão stadium was mostly done behind closed doors.

After the meeting in Bolivia, the Brazilian team will leave for Lima where on September 12 they will face Peru, in the second game for the World Cup qualifiers to be held jointly by the United States, Canada and Mexico in 2026.