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Brazil\u2019s performance at the 2026 World Cup was little more than a catastrophe. Despite entering the tournament with plenty of hype behind them, they exited the competition in the last 16 after being defeated by Norway.<\/strong><\/p>\n There was speculation as to where head coach Carlo Ancelloti\u2019s future might lie \u2013 but a recent article from Foot Mercato seems to indicate that the Italian will stay where he is for the forseeable future.<\/p>\n First of all, Ancelotti still has four years remaining on his existing contract \u2013 as such, sacking him would be an expense that the Brazilian FA would rather avoid.<\/p>\n Additionally, several current Brazil players have requested that Ancelotti keep his post \u2013 clearly, he still has the support of the dressing room.<\/p>\n Previously, at club level, Ancelotti has generally been a major success. In the Premier League, he has managed Chelsea and Everton \u2013 at Stamford Bridge, he won both the Premier League title and the FA Cup within a single season.<\/p>\n As well as this, he has also won five Champions League trophies, two at AC Milan and three at Real Madrid. However, this has been his first gig as an international head coach \u2013 understandably, he has faced some teething troubles.<\/p>\n Often, Brazil looked wildly disorganised, especially so when out of possession. They left gaps all over the pitch, leading them to concede plenty of unnecessary goals against teams they really should\u2019ve beaten. <\/p>\n However, player for player, Brazil\u2019s 2026 World Cup squad was among the weaker Brazil teams from across history. Vinicius Junior had a fine tournament, but many of his cohorts failed to meet the required standard, despite their undeniable pedigree.<\/p>\n Brazil\u2019s lacklustre display at the World Cup has not gone down favourably with some of their former players \u2013 and nor has the suggestion that Ancelotti will remain in his post for the time being.<\/p>\n In particular, former Brazil star Romario was furious with Brazil\u2019s performance, letting his feelings be known. Additionally, ex-Brazil coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo was equally displeased.<\/p>\n In an expletive-laden rant, Romario satated: \u201cI would have torn up his contract.There\u2019s no way Ancelotti is staying on as coach of the Brazilian national team after this fiasco (if I was in charge), this disgrace he\u2019s caused. <\/p>\n I told you this in the three previous shows, and I\u2019ll say it again here. It\u2019s unacceptable, it has to change. It can\u2019t go on like this, damn it! We had Dunga, he lost and he left. <\/p>\n \u201cWe had Felip\u00e3o (Scolari), who won the cup and he stayed on. We had Tite, who lost, he stayed on, and he lost again. \u201cNow we have that damn Ancelotti, who has lost and who will continue to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Luxemburgo said: \u201cIf he (Ancelotti) were a Brazilian coach, the press would already be calling for his head. We don\u2019t have better players than Neymar. Any national team in the world would protect a player like him.\u201d<\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brazil\u2019s performance at the 2026 World Cup was little more than a catastrophe. Despite entering…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Should Carlo Ancelotti stay in place as Brazil manager?<\/h2>\n
What has been said by former players and coaches?<\/h2>\n