Brazil FA confirm Carlo Ancelotti to continue as head coach despite World Cup failure

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a] scored twice [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brazil-I9l9aqLq/norway-8rP6JO0H/?mid=tpOhKWcC"]at the New York/New Jersey Stadium[/a] to send [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]Brazil[/a] home, ‌triggering a fierce inquest into the team's performance, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ancelotti-carlo/nZQG5IgJ/"]Ancelotti[/a]'s decisions and the direction ‌of Brazilian football.[/p][p]For a country that measures football pain in four-year cycles, the finger-pointing began ‌quickly.[/p][p]Much of it was aimed at Ancelotti, who had only one year to ‌reshape a side who had drifted through three interim managers while the Brazilian FA waited for him to leave [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a].[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="1ae7ca18-762f-4d9c-ab55-866d85ce3cd4" credit-line="StatsPerform via Opta" guid="06887e9d-eebd-4221-a42d-18e4533caa39" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/caetano/nydjrOG3/"]Caetano[/a] told Reuters the 67-year-old Italian, who extended his contract in May ‌until the 2030 World Cup, would not be cast ⁠overboard after one storm.[/p][p][b]"He is our manager ‌and will be throughout this cycle,"[/b] Caetano said.[/p][p]"One of the main reasons we failed in ​this World Cup was not to have proper, stable long-term guidance that would have prepared our national team the way it should for a ​World Cup and we cannot make the same mistake again."[/p][p]Ancelotti's decisions, however, offered plenty of material for the post-mortem.[/p][p]He was criticised for allowing midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bruno-guimaraes/xtyKanzU/"]Bruno Guimaraes[/a] to ⁠take an early penalty, which he ​missed, and for leaving 34-year-old duo [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/casemiro/Ukeq3c0b/"]Casemiro[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/danilo/KUjvgUhB/"]Danilo[/a] on until the end of a match in which Brazil looked heavy-legged and short of ideas.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /][h2]Neymar makes little impact[/h2][p]His introduction of forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neymar/jNOPwl3h/"]Neymar[/a] midway through the second half also did little to alter the ‌match, beyond the forward converting a penalty deep in added time to reduce the deficit.[/p][p]O Globo was scathing about Neymar's exchange with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a]'s goalkeeper after the spot-kick.[/p][p][b]"The scene of Neymar arguing with the goalkeeper after the penalty – with the score already standing at a level that, even if Brazil had scored, would have seen them knocked out of the World Cup – seems to reveal a man incapable of stepping away from his own reflection," [/b]the newspaper wrote.[/p][p]"There are people who need to be the protagonists of victory. Neymar seems to need to be the protagonist of failure ‌as well."[/p][p]SporTV host Andre Rizek offered an even bleaker diagnosis.[/p][p][b]"Brazilian football has hit rock ​bottom,"[/b] he said.[b] "Brazil have gotten used to losing. We've lost to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/senegal/hOIsJLJr/"]Senegal[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]‌Morocco[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/colombia/G02s4PCS/"]Colombia[/a]... Ran over by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a] twice. It is official: we are living the worst moment in Brazilian football's history."[/b][/p][p]Folha de Sao Paulo said: [b]"Ancelotti's substitutions fail to rouse a sluggish and lethargic team" [/b]and noted that, according to Opta, Brazil's 35% possession against Norway was their lowest in a World Cup match ⁠since records began in 1966.[/p][p]For Brazil, ⁠the question now is whether this ‌defeat becomes another scar or the start of a major revival.[/p]