Expectations should not be created that interim Ramon Menezes will be hired – 03/25/2023 – Tostão

Whatever the performance and result of yesterday’s friendly match between the Brazilian team and Morocco, one should not create expectations that the interim Ramon Menezes will soon become the permanent coach.

It is a different situation from that of Scaloni, who was part of Argentina’s coaching staff in the 2018 World Cup. After the failure in that World Cup, Messi and the players asked for Scaloni’s effectiveness.

Ramon Menezes is coach of the under-20 team and will be able to participate in the coaching staff of the new commander of the main team.

They say that the signing of Carlo Ancelotti is right. If true, Tite should be his first technical contact, for having been coach of the last two World Cups, for the enormous admiration that Tite has for the Italian coach and because the two already know each other personally.

Ancelotti and Tite are coaches with similar styles, which does not mean that they have the same efficiency. Both like balanced teams. They are pragmatic and don’t usually change the team every game, according to the opponent. On the other hand, Ancelotti, in the countless teams he managed, used different strategies according to the characteristics of his athletes.

Ancelotii is a right-choice trainer, able to make the complex easy. It does not invent or complicate. If he is confirmed, he will probably not use the same tactical design as Real Madrid in the national team, as he will not have two classic and exceptional midfielders (Modric and Kroos) nor a center forward who is a point guard and finisher like Benzema.

Digress is necessary. Who knows, by the 2026 World Cup, Brazil will have two great midfielders, with world prestige, like the youngsters who were called up by Ramon Menezes for yesterday’s friendly (Andrey, João Gomes and André).

Who knows, Neymar will play for the national team like Benzema does for Real. The presence of the wingers of the Spanish and Brazilian teams, Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, who enter through the middle to take advantage of the spaces left by Benzema, will make it easier for the Brazilian team.

One should not confuse, as is often the case in Brazil, the formation of a trio in the midfield, like that of Real Madrid, with a midfielder in the middle and a midfielder on each side, who mark, build and advance, with the trio traditional in Brazilian football, with a pair of defensive midfielders and an attacking midfielder in front of the two. These attacking midfielders, like Paquetá, Raphael Veiga and others, are not midfielders.

In addition to Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, the selection has Militão and Casemiro, four players who evolved a lot at Real Madrid with the help of Ancelotti. Casemiro, who was exceptional in tackling and defensive positioning, started to have a great pass, forward and in turning the ball from one side to the other, in addition to scoring goals, in finishes outside the area or in headers in the crossed balls. Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo are not just great dribblers anymore. They enter through the middle, finish well and give great passes for goals.

Who knows, Brazil will form a much stronger team in 2026 than the one in 2022? Who knows, Brazilian clubs will come to an agreement and build a strong league to command the Brazilian championship, great for everyone, big and small? Who knows, Brazil becomes less radicalized, less violent, less prejudiced and that erases the shame of having half the population without basic sanitation, an absurdity that happens for decades with all types of governments? Dreaming is necessary.

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