Mauro beting

Brazilian Football Confederation: Brazil's media reacted with relief and optimism to the naming of Carlo Ancelotti as head coach of the men's national football team, hailing the Italian's arrival as a long-awaited turning point for a squad in search of identity.

Folha de S. Paulo described Ancelotti as "the Brazilian Football Confederation's bet to fix the team at the end of a chaotic cycle".

The paper noted that the veteran coach "has just over a year to give direction to a team adrift since the last World Cup", alluding to the 2026 edition of football's showpiece event. It argued that the 65-year-old's arrival was needed to "establish some cohesion in a national team full of problems, run by a federation with the same issues".