Away draw + 3 shots in the game! Ancelotti made his debut, Brazil is still the "old"

Written by Hanbing 0 to 0, Ancelotti, who took over Brazil's annual salary of tens of millions of euros, did not bring much new ideas to the Samba Legion in his coaching debut. The four major offensive superstars Vinicius, Richarlisson, Estewan and Guimarães started, as well as Arsenal's Martineil and Cunia, who just transferred to Manchester United, came on as the substitute. Brazil only had only three shots in 90 minutes away in Ecuador, which is really unacceptable.

Spain's "Marca", "AS", Brazil's "Global Sports", and Argentina's "Ole" have surprisingly consistent comments on Ancelotti's Brazilian team's debut: There is no new "old trick". AS's comments believe that Brazil has begun a new cycle, but it is still old and has performed as usual. The comments of "Marca" are sharper: "Ancelotti has to recognize the reality in his debut: Brazil has long been different from the past." "Ole" newspaper analyzed Ancelotti's tactics in a long and concluding that "the former Real Madrid coach hopes to combine a more team-oriented Brazilian team, but his technical and tactical aspects are as unreasonable as before."

It is more worth mentioning that Ecuador, which led Brazil in this game, did not take advantage of the plateau advantage and placed the game in Quito, the capital of 2,850 meters, but chose Guayaquil, a coastal city of only 4 meters above sea level. Even so, Ancelotti's Brazil team has not made any mistakes. You should know that even on the away game on the Quito Plateau, Brazil has an advantage in 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in 7 games.

Brazil had only two obvious scoring opportunities in the whole game, but Vinicius and Casemiro both shots were saved by Ecuadorian goalkeeper Vale, and Casemiro hit the post one more time. After the game, Casemiro took the initiative to excuse his mentor: "Ancelotti has no time to fully demonstrate his tactical thinking and game plan to us. We have only trained for two or three days. We always need to change, the team atmosphere is very good and we are making progressing a little bit."

But in the starting lineup, Ancelotti coached the players include Richarisson, Vinicius, Casemiro and captain Marcinhos, setting up the central axis of the Brazilian team's main force. Ecuador only had 7 shots in the game, most of which were not threatening. Ancelotti obviously focused more on defense in his debut. The Italian coach knows that Brazil's offense is difficult to achieve immediate results in the short term, but ensures that they do not concede goals and can at least score points, waiting for other competitors to make mistakes.

After his official debut in Rio de Janeiro on May 26, Ancelotti started working immediately. We watched the match between Botafogo and Flamenco one after another, and visited the Brazilian team's training base at a high place outside the city. He also said that he watched his former Dorival lead the team to defeat Argentina 1-4: "The team's offense and defense are unbalanced, that's that simple. The players are talented, but lack the structural balance required for the game." Ancelotti also talked about his tactical formation before the game: "There is no doubt that Brazil has excellent wingers, we can use 442, 433 or 451."

As for the pressure of qualifying, Ancelotti was frank: "My pressure is not greater than in Real Madrid. I just want to do my best. I don't want Brazil to have clear tactics, and the tactics continue to change with the progress of the game. 40 years have passed, and I still don't know what the best tactics to win is, it depends on the characteristics of the players."

But obviously, Ancelotti's debut confirmed his pre-match words: Brazil does not have clear tactics, especially the offensive end. Even with four main players he has coached, they have not fully demonstrated their characteristics. Although the offense is not creative, at least Ancelotti has improved the quality of Brazil's defense.

There are 3 rounds left in the South American qualifiers. Brazil is 6 points ahead of the 7th-place team, and it is better to score 1 point than to lose. What's more, Ecuador, which has high points, has not expanded the gap behind. In addition, Paraguay also helped Brazil, defeating Uruguay, which had the same score as Brazil before the game 2-0 at home, allowing Brazil to lead at least temporarily one team in the competition with close points.