Striker Neymar and teammates believe Carlo Ancelotti will change the face of the Brazilian team.

“Ancelotti has won every trophy in his career. I am sure he will teach the players many things,” Neymar said on June 22, when attending an event organized by a charity in his name. office.

On June 18, the President of the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) Ednaldo Rodrigues confirmed that Ancelotti will move to lead the Brazil national team right after his contract with Real Madrid expires on July 1, 2024. Brazil has no official coach after Tite resigned in December last year because of a failure in the 2022 World Cup. Currently, the Samba team is led by former player Ramon Menezes on an interim basis.

At Real, Ancelotti is teaching three Brazilian players, including strikers Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior and central defender Eder Militao. Attending the ceremony organized by Neymar, Rodrygo declined to comment due to the lack of authentic information. But the 22-year-old striker admitted: “He is Brazil’s plan A. The CBF president believes in him and so do we. With me, Vini and Militao, we know him at Real Madrid and understand Ancelotti. how great.”

It has been more than 50 years since Brazil was led by a foreign coach. The closest was the Portuguese military leader Flavio Costa Joreca, but he was only in office for three days from May 14, 1944 to May 17, 1944.

While attending an event in Brazil, Neymar received bad news when the villa in his name was suspended from construction due to violation of environmental protection laws. The project was built in the town of Mangaratiba, located on the southern coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

According to a notice from the local government, the construction process illegally used and removed clean water, rocks and sand. If found guilty, Neymar will have to pay a fine of at least $1.05 million.

Local officials said that during the inspection of the construction site, Neymar’s father – Neymar da Silva Santos – insulted them. It was not until the police threatened to arrest him that he stopped doing this. A spokesman for Neymar’s family as well as the PSG striker declined to comment on the incident.