Brazil - Morocco: Ancelotti's attack on the Qatari sensation

Since the 2014 shipwreck and the debacle like no other, the Brazilian national football team has been approaching World Cups much more cautiously.

There are fewer and fewer pompous statements, the euphoria exists, but it is controlled, but the "cariocas" do not hide that they expect a lot from the World Cup organized by the United States of America, Canada and Mexico.

As a team, Brazil has had both stronger and weaker players than this one, but it's been a long time since he was so "covered" in the position of coach - Carlo Angelotti, the legend of legends, came to the land of coffee and football to awaken the sleeping giant, the greatest national team on the planet.

Don Carlo seems to have had enough of club football, he proved everything he needed to by leading Milan and especially Real Madrid, now he wants to write history as a coach. There is no better place for that than the Brazil bench.

The Brazilians, the most trophy-winning nation with five world titles, have been waiting for the "goddess" since 2002, and since then they have only played in the semi-finals once. And it's better if they didn't, because that defeat to Germany 12 years ago (7:1) in the battle for the final in Rio de Janeiro will be talked about for the next 100 years...

What was cannot be erased, now is the time for Brazil to look forward - with one of the best coaches in history.

- When I took over the team I said that we have to gradually build the path and go to the top. I think we have done a pretty good job in this year, but the World Cup will show if that is the case - said Ancelotti before the opening of Group C against Morocco.

The match will be played on the night between Saturday and Sunday (exactly at midnight) and is one of the derbies of the first round of the World Cup. Because the Brazilians and Moroccans are the favorites in the group that also includes Scotland and outsider Haiti..

- The first game can show a lot, but the real teams look better as the tournament progresses - not at its opening - Ancelotti pointed out.

The Italian had problems heading into the World Cup, as he had previously lost his Rodrigo i Eder Militao, they withdrew due to injuries and estevao i They rowed, while Neymar He will definitely not play against Morocco and it is a mystery whether and when he will be able to play.

The "Atlas Lions" were not spared from hardship either, as they withdrew from the World Cup due to injuries just before the start. Najef Agerd i Abde EzalzuliBut the Moroccans don't want that to slow them down - as a team that played in the semi-finals in Qatar, who eliminated Portugal and Spain before running into France, they know they have the respect of their opponents.

- We are not here to promise big things, but to make them real. To play the semi-finals again? We have to believe that it is possible - says the coach Mohamed Uahbi, which he inherited Valida Regregija three months ago.

Brazilians rely on a strong defensive tandem Marquinhos-Gabriel and an attack dominated by names Vinicius Junior, Rafinha, Andrija, Neymar, Matthew OutsideMany believe that the weakest part of the team is the midfield, where they are Bruno Guimaraes, Casemiro, Ederson - who goes from Atalanta to Atletico Madrid, Fabinjo...

- I don't know if we're the best team in the world, but I know we're the only ones with five stars on our jersey - Bruno Guimaraes alluded to five titles.