Ancelotti begins to coach the Brazilian national team that will face Chile and Bolivia

Rio de Janeiro (EFE).- Carlo Ancelotti, Brazil's coach, led this Monday the first training session of the Brazilian national team that will face Chile and Bolivia in their last two matches for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

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In the first of the three training sessions that the Canarinha will have before receiving Chile on Thursday at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the Italian coach had 19 of the 24 players called up for the two matches, of which three were reserved because they played for their clubs on Sunday. Brazil awaits Raphinha, Martinelli, and Alisson in Teresópolis The still-expected call-ups are attackers Raphinha (Barcelona-ESP) and Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal-GBR), goalkeeper Alisson (Liverpool-GBR) and defenders Caio Henrique (Monaco-FRA) and Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal-GBR). Brazilians have been concentrated since this Monday at Granja Comary, the modern training center that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has in Teresópolis, a mountain city about 100 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro. Antonio Lacerda
Brazil will train in Teresópolis until Monday, September 8, when they will travel to La Paz for the match the following day against Bolivia in El Alto. The first to show up at the gathering were the young forward Estêvão, player for the English Chelsea, and defender Marquinhos, from French PSG, who arrived the day before at Granja Comary, even before the selection's technical commission with Ancelotti at the head did so on Sunday night.

Ancelotti rests players and tries new options

In the first training session, Ancelotti rested Jean Lucas, Lucas Paquetá, and Samuel Lino because they played with their clubs on Sunday.

The Italian coach left regulars from the Canarinha out of his call-up, such as the injured Neymar and forwards Vinícius Junior and Rodrygo, as his intention is to try out footballers who have had few opportunities in the national team before defining the team that will play in the World Cup. Ancelotti chose to make some tests because Brazil has already guaranteed its qualification to next year's World Cup as third in the South American qualifiers, with 25 points, the same as Ecuador (second) and ten points less than the leader Argentina.