The retired Brazilian Kavo expressed many reservations about the idea of the Football Association in his country with Italian Carlo Ancelotti to train the Brazil team and its leadership in the next version of the 2026 World Cup.
“I said several times that Ancelotti would be loving him in our team, but the people authorized to talk about his future are Real Madrid officials and the Brazilian Federation, so far nothing has been confirmed, no Brazil has officially announced his appointment and not Real Madrid confirmed his departure.”
And about the possibility of seeing Ancelotti speaking the Portuguese language, Cavo replied, “There is no need to learn, as most of our players speak other languages. Football is the only language that is understood everywhere regardless of whether the coach is Italy, Portugal, Colombia or even Chinese. The important thing is what the Brazilian Federation decides.”
After that, Cavo disclosed his reservations about contracting with the veteran Italian coach, and he said, “If Ancelotti is chosen he will be received warmly. But we are the only team that won the World Cup 5 times without a foreign coach, and national coaches have always supervised us, and this is a fact.”
He continued, “It is not that I refuse to come as a foreign coach for Brazil, but I will bet on a national coach in the 2026 World Cup, especially since it separates us about a year. We will be there no doubt about that, whether we played well or bad.”
“Therefore, a national coach must be given the opportunity to build a system and a plan that enables us to win. As for the World Cup 2030, we can then sign a foreign coach who leads the preparation period for 4 years.”
“What I would like to say is that Ancelotti is a great coach. In fact, he was not only coach, but a father, friend and brother to us in Milan inside and outside the stadium. He was reading the matches well and treated the players with love and respect, wherever he goes, he will succeed and for this he will make the Brazilian team win.”
🚨Cafu:
“I worked with anceotti for 5 years at Milan and they was 5 Wonderful Years. Ancelotti is not just a coach, he is a friend, a father, a companion, he Undersands Football. If cbf. Choosees Ancelotti, The Selectão Will Be in Good Hands. ” pic.twitter.com/2n3gepvzp
– Brasil Football 🇧🇷 (@brasiliated) April 21, 2025
Cavo defended Ancelotti because of the recent criticisms that affected him because of the twice the level of Real Madrid this season and the possibility of going out in the Safry season.
“The coach suffers a lot as the goalkeeper.
“If you do not win the titles continuously, you will always doubt your work. But how do we question the work of Ancelotti? He has made amazing performance in Real Madrid and it is natural that some tremors will occur.”
Kavo has previously trained under the supervision of Ancelotti in Milan and played 166 games in all championships, and he was crowned with the Champions League 2006-2007 season.
Cavo is one of the most prominent players who wore the Brazil national team shirt, and defended his colors in 143 international matches and crowned 4 titles, the World Cup (1994 and 2002), and Copa America (1997 and 1999), according to the famous data of the famous site Market.
The Brazilian national team crowned the World Cup 5 times (record number) in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and finally 2002.