EAST RUTHERFORD.- Carlo Ancelotti He had a bittersweet debut as a coach in a Worldafter his Brazil draw 1-1 with Morocco this Saturday at the premiere of both teams in the North American World Cup.
After winning everything at the head of clubs, Carletto crashed with the Atlas Lions, the great revelation in Qatar 2022and had to be rescued by a former manager of his in the real Madrid, Vinicius Jr.
Ismael Saibari (21′) opened the account in front of 80,663 spectators, the vast majority of them from Verdeamarelos, who filled the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherfordon the outskirts of New York.
The midfielder of PSV Eindhoven was assisted with finesse by Brahim Diaz and bathed Alisson at the entrance to the area to threaten to muddy Ancelotti’s debut as World Cup coach.
But Vinicius Jr (32′) saved his now coach with a high-quality goal: a right hand to the far post of Yassine Bounou after hooking up Neil El Aynaoui in the left sector of the area.
The five-time champions showed a better face in the second half of the only confrontation of the group stage between two teams located in the Top-10 of the ranking FIFAwhere South Americans occupy sixth place and Africans seventh.
But they were unable to hurt the golden generation of the Atlas Lions again, who reached the semi-final in Qatar.
Neymarinjured since mid-May, watched the game on the bench alongside the substitutes and the technical commission of a Seleção that dreams, between doubts and questions, of winning the six-time championship in USA.
On the second date of Group C, on Friday, Canarinha will face Haiti in Philadelphiawhere it is expected that the 34-year-old star may have minutes.
Hakimi’s Morocco, for its part, will collide on the same day with the Scotland of Scott McTominay in Boston.
Investigation into World Cup robbery made official
The mayor of Kansas City, Quinton Lucasstated that local, state and federal authorities are investigating the theft of the English team’s equipment for the World Cup 2026which occurred before the arrival of the “Three Lions” to their training center on Saturday.
According to the BBC, among the stolen items were balls and boots, after the assault on the vehicles that were transporting the material to the concentration headquarters, the Swope Soccer Village.
“Yesterday, Kansas City authorities learned that, at some point between road transport from Florida and his arrival at the training facilities in Kansas Cityitems belonging to the English team were stolen from the team’s transport vehicle,” Lucas said in his X account.
“Public safety authorities at the local, state and federal levels are working to determine at what point in the transfer the theft occurred and identify those responsible. More information will be provided later,” he added.
