With a certain urgency, Brazil set about warming up their prolonged flirt with Carlo Ancelotti. And on Monday, the white smoke emerged. The new Pope may be from the United States,

Carlo Ancelotti faces myriad problems as Brazil coach and only has about a dozen games to resolve them before the World Cup if he wants to have a decent shot at the 2026 title.

Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed as the new head coach of Brazil with the Italian head coach leaving Real Madrid at the end of the current 2024-25 season in a move that has been widely anticipated by multiple reports.