Carlo Ancelotti starts World Cup adventure as Brazil coach

Next weekend the World Cup will start for one of the key players: Carlo Ancelotti, who is participating in the tournament for the first time as Brazil's national coach. The Seleção are chasing their first world title since 2002 and are counting on Ancelotti to end that craving.

Ancelotti's World Cup career has a special history. As a player, he was called up for the tournament in 1986, but did not play at the time. Four years later, in 1990, he played two international matches. And in 1994, on American soil, he was Arrigo Sacchi's assistant with the Italian national team.


This summer, Ancelotti will take center stage as Brazil's national coach. The opening match is against Morocco, followed by matches against Haiti and Scotland. In Rio, expectations surrounding the Italian trainer are high. Ancelotti is seen as the man who must live up to expectations.

After Italy's painful elimination in the play-offs against Bosnia, Ancelotti is the most important Italian representative at the World Cup, which takes place in the United States, Canada and Mexico. There is a lot of sympathy in his home country for the experienced coach, who wants to make history again forty years after his first World Cup experience - this time with Brazil. If Ancelotti manages to win the World Cup with the Seleção, Italy will feel like a co-owner of that cup.