Ancelotti, who shouted to make Brazil the World Cup champion again, excluded star Neymar

"Let's work together to make Brazil the World Cup champion again!" Neymar was excluded from the first training list released before the 15th to 16th rounds of the South American Qualifiers of the Mid-North America World Cup in June.

Brazilian national football team head coach Carlo Ancelotti, who participated in the first press conference, announced the 25 national teams selected by coach Ancelotti to prepare for the 15th to 16th rounds of the 2026 World Cup South American Qualifiers through his website on the 27th. In addition to winning the most championships in the UEFA Champions League (5 times), coach Ancelotti, who also won the championships of the five major European leagues (England, Spain, Germany, Italy, France), was selected as the head coach of the Brazilian men's football team on the 13th.

Brazil ranked fourth in the 2026 Central and North American World Cup South American qualifiers with 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses (21 points), and will compete with Ecuador on June 6 and Paraguay on June 11. Coach Carlo Ancelotti, who received the gift of the Brazilian national football team uniform, in the South American qualifiers composed of 10 countries, the top 6 countries will directly enter the World Cup finals, and the 7th country will participate in the Intercontinental Playoffs. Coach Ancelotti said at the press conference for the national team list: "It is a great honor and pride to be able to coach the world's top Brazilian national team. Although the topics are very large, I feel very happy and optimistic about being the national team." He added: "Let's work together to make Brazil win the World Cup again. We need everyone's help. We are very happy to announce the first batch of national team training lists while being warmly welcomed." Coach Ancelotti emphasized in particular: "The fate with Brazil has begun a long time ago. Until now So far, I have coached 34 Brazilian players at the club. From Ronaldo, Hibdo, Ronaldinho, Pato, Kaka, Costa, Maseru, Cap, and recently worked with many players such as Hodrigo and Militan. I am very happy to finally come to Brazil."

Nemar fell to the ground in pain

On the same day, former head coach Fahra sent a congratulatory video at Ancelotti's first press conference. Former national team coach Luis Felipe Scolari attended in person to welcome the new coach's departure. Coach Ancelotti removed Neymar from the national team training roster and summoned Cishalisson (Tottenham Hotspur) and Casemiro (Manchester United) for the first time since October 2023. Neymar has maintained the record of the most goals in Brazil's national team history (79 goals in 128 games). He recently returned from injury and participated in two consecutive games of his team Santos, but was not called by coach Ancelotti. Neymar suffered a knee injury in the national team match in October 2023 and was on the operating table, and his thigh was injured again in April this year.