Ancelotti repeats the defensive strategy of Tite and “closes the house” to transform “Salvador” of the national team

Ancelotti repeats the defensive strategy of Tite and “closes the house” to transform “Salvador” of the national team


The Italian reaches its fourth game in front of the Brazilian team Tuesday 9, against Bolivia


Summary

Ancelotti and Tite had positive previews in the Brazilian team, with different styles: the Italian defensive priority and gradual evolution, while the Gaucho highlighted the offensive sector with immediate results.




Carlo Ancelotti will play his fourth match in office of the Brazilian national team Tuesday 9: for the last round of South American qualifications for the 2026 World Cup, Canarinho goes to El Alto, over 4,000 meters above sea level and faces Bolivia in search of the last three points in the qualifying tournament.

From the debut with the green and yellow shirt, the Italian has launched a draw and two wins and ensured the first classification of the team for next year, with a playing style marked by caution and tactical evolution: Ancelotti’s team has not yet granted any goal.

Although recent, it is already possible to compare the beginning of the passages of Ancelotti and Tite in command of the Brazilian team. Both arrived in office as “unanimation”, in periods marked with bad performances and the fans’ mistrust, and delivered results that gave “breathtaking” to the team.

Tite arrived at the National Team on June 30, 2016 and made its debut on September 1st, with a constant 3-0 victory over the Ecuador away from home. He then changed a sequence of victories and raised the team’s morality, which arrived at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as a favorite to the title.

Ancelotti, in turn, landed in Brazil over time to prepare for the World Cup. Unlike Tite, who has shown to appreciate the offensive sector from the first game, the Italian, until then, works gradually, going from a draw without networks to 3-0 victory with a strong offensive pressure on Chile last Tuesday, 4, in Maracanã.



Ancelotti at his debut with the Brazilian team on June 5, 2025, against Ecuador

See under the numbers and the salient points of the previews of Tite and Ancelotti in the selection:

The Brazilian national team in 2014, after 7-1 against Germany and the annoying fall to the Brazilian World Cup, was expected to conquer, Tite was died by Dunga, who would have done his second step, and would only arrive in Canarinho in 2016, after the team fell at the beginning of the Copa America under the command of the champion four times.

In the first game, Tite had a challenge to the heights: in front of the equator to the altitude of Quito, even in a Knockout. However, he came out with a 3-0 victory, with goals by Gabriel Jesus and Neymar Jr., with a position that would follow him until the end of his passage, marked by a clear and strong tactical identity.

Tite also beat Colombia 2-1 in Manaus (AM) – the only match in which the national team was leaked in 2016, under the command of the Gaucho – and “Corso” Bolivia 5-0 in Natal (RN) with a tied Brazil. The coach adapts to a fixed scheme, “à la Europe”, with a game project based on games and possession, as well as pressure when without possession.



Neymar Jr celebrates the goal in Tite's debut in the Brazilian team, September 1, 2016

Ancelotti, in turn, was the great and last acquisition of the former president of the CBF Ednaldo Rodrigues, before his departure. The Italian arrived at the national team after a historical harassment against the largest rival, Argentina, in the 4-1 defeat in Buenos Aires and culminating in the resignation of the coach Dorival Júnior.

Ancelotti’s arrival was also the goal of reconnecting the Brazilian team to his fans, as well as reaching the classification for the World Cup and implementing a modern standard in the team.

The tie without networks against Ecuador in Guayaquil worked as a “tactical laboratory” for Ancelotti. Despite the small offensive brightness, Brazil had a technical coherence and, even far from home, it was not leaked by the opponents – the result was also marked by the execution of new arrivals, such as the defender Alexsandro and veterans such as Marquino and Casemiro.

Following, Ancelotti beat Paraguay on June 10, in the game that would mark the coach’s debut in front of the Brazilian fans and this would have “transported” the passport of the selection to the World Cup. At the foot of Vini Jr., the coach’s right man at Real Madrid, Brazil came out with a 1-0 victory at the Neo Chemistry Arena in San Paolo.

Finally, the 3-0 on Chile, against more than 57,000 fans in Maracanã, was “offensive shows” of Ancelotti to responsibility for the national team. The owner of the possession of the ball and the pressure on the opponent’s defense field, the team has sinned in the purposes, but was again understood, highlighting the return of Lucas Paquetá and the claw of the attacker Luiz Henrique, a former botofogo and today Zenit of Russia.

One of the great differences between the initial campaigns of Tite and Ancelotti is the use (or not) of Neymar Jr., with which the Gaucho has made great collaboration and has put an end to the “fasting” experienced by Shirt 10 in the national team.

Already with the Italian, the attacker was out of the two calls. Ancelotti justifies the “technical decisions” for not having had Neymar Jr. so far and bet on names such as Stephen, Bruno Guimarães and Lucas Paquetá for the technical creation in the attack of the selection, without the pressure of the media that brings Santos Shirt 10 with him.





Ancelotti talks about Neymar again and highlights the “technical decision”: “He has a lot of competition”:
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    Ancelotti talks about Neymar again and highlights the

    Ancelotti talks about Neymar again and highlights the “technical decision”: “He has a lot of competition”

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    Who shone more in Brazil's victory against Chile in Maracanã?

    Who shone more in Brazil’s victory against Chile in Maracanã?

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    Paquetá goes around the Brazilian team?

    Paquetá goes around the Brazilian team?

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    Neymar and Richarlison still have space in the Brazilian team?

    Neymar and Richarlison still have space in the Brazilian team?

Take a look at the first three results of Tite and Ancelotti in the selection

Tite

  • Ecuador 0 x 3 Brazil, 1 September 2016, in Quito: objectives of Neymar Jr and Gabriel Jesus (two);
  • Brazil 2 x 1 Colombia, 6 September 2016, in Manaus: goal of Neymar, Miranda and Marquino (cons);
  • Brazil 5 x 0 Bolivia, 6 October 2016, in Natal: Neymar objectives, Phillippe Coutinho, Filipe Luís, Gabriel Jesus and Roberto Firmino;

Carlo Ancelotti

  • Ecuador 0 x 0 Brazil, June 5, 2025, in Guayaquil;
  • Brazil 1 x 0 Paraguay, 10 June 2025, in San Paolo; Objective of Vinícius Jr.;
  • Brazil 3 x 0 Chile, September 4, 2025, in Rio de Janeiro: Gol di Stevão, Lucas Paquetá and Bruno Guimarães;

Source: Terra

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