Brazil reached the Copa América with renewed energy thanks to Dorival Junior and with Vinicius and Rodrygo, the leaders of the new generation, called to take the baton of Neymar, absent due to his serious knee injury. Two weeks later, hopes and dreams have once again turned to disappointment and frustration. The ‘canarinha’, a victim of its own needs, still cannot find the direction that will return it to its best and faces its eleventh crisis since winning the last major championship, the 2019 Copa America.
The elimination in the quarterfinals of this edition at the hands of Uruguay in the penalty shootout he brought Brazil back to its harsh reality and rekindled old ghosts. The current crisis bears little resemblance to the drama of ‘Mineirazo‘ fight Germany in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup, including the historic 1-7 in Belo Horizontethe defeat that once again traumatized an entire nation 64 years after ‘Maracanazo‘.
However, that generation recovered and covered the affront with gold medal wins in Rio 2016 Games and with the aforementioned 2019 Copa America. The wound in the World Cup, in any case, will remain open until Brazil don’t pick it up again World Cupsomething that has fought him since 2002.
The depression that Brazil is going through in 2024 has very different symptoms than it did 10 years ago. The five-time champion has lost individual quality, hierarchy and competitive rennet in the volume of the industry. Comparisons with other generations not so distant in time are horribly inevitable. The current squad falls short of what is considered to be the most successful team in football history. The list of midfielders, forwards and full-backs, positions in which Brazil It’s an export power, it’s proven.
The Casemiro, Neymar (these two are still active, but not in this Copa América), Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Dani Alves, Fernandinho, Filipe Luis, Gabriel Jesus, Firmino…gave way to a team mixing high-voltage footballers (military, Marquinhos either Vinicius) with other players with high expectations that have not yet been met, in the case of Rodrygo, Raphinha, Packages, Guimaraes, João Gomes either Danilothe captain of the current Brazil. Endrickcalled to be the next leader of Brazil next to Estevaois still very green as proven against Uruguay.
The shadow of Neymar is still too long for Vinicius, Rodrygo and Raphinhaunbalanced players with a lot of individual ability but, at the moment, unable to orbit the game canarinha around them.
Ancelotti’s sit-in, an open wound
Dorival Juniorthird coach in a year and a half after the short-term steps of Menezes and Diniz After Tite’s farewell in Qatar, it seems that he is not the ideal coach to lift Brazil out of the quagmire. The CBF led by Ednaldo Rodrigues bet an open grave for Carlo Ancelotti facing the 2026 World Cup confident that he will not continue to lead Madrid.
Rodrigues did not hide the week and even said that the Italian, with whom he reached a preliminary agreement, will be the next coach of Brazil. However, Ancelotti’s renewal at Madrid until 2026 ruined CBF’s plan A, which forced it to take an unexpected turn and use Dorival Junior.
The veteran coach did not know the defeat in the canarinha (3 wins and 5 draws) but the poor image offered in the Copa América (only one win, against Paraguay) triggered all the alarms and opened a heated debate about on whether he is the ideal coach to lead Brazil towards the 2026 World Cup The five-time champion is still in crisis and there is no end.
Source: La Verdad
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