Brazil
No nation has done what Brazil have done: present at all 22 World Cups, never once absent, five titles and a record no one else holds. And yet the gold has not arrived since 1994, the quarter-final loss to Croatia in 2022 the latest reminder. The response was startling. For the first time the most decorated football country has handed its bench to a foreigner, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, betting that European pragmatism is what their flair has long lacked. He inherits the usual riches up front, Vinícius Júnior cutting in from the left and Raphinha on the other flank, with Casemiro shielding the back four and Bruno Guimarães threading the play. In Group C against Morocco, Haiti and Scotland, anything short of progress would be a failure. The talk is only of the sixth star.
Standings · C
After matchday 3 of 3| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
| 2 | MAR | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +3 | 7 |
| 3 | SCO | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | HAI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |