What is the difference between coaching the national team and the club? An Shuai: If any player is dissatisfied, I will directly call other people

66-year-old Ancelotti was interviewed by the "Team" and talked about many topics such as having Vinicius substitute and coaching Brazil.

For Brazil, the mission of winning the World Cup is like Real Madrid must win the Champions League?

is the mission of winning the championship, but no one can be forced to win. In the football world, who has the obligation to win? Even those who consider themselves the strongest have no obligation, and the ever-changing game is always full of variables. I coached at Real Madrid for six years and did not win six Champions Leagues (smile), but three (2014, 2022, 2024).

Is it an easy decision to put Vinicius on the bench?

Of course. I have a great relationship with Vinicius, and he always fulfills my requests perfectly, and we have never had any conflicts. But in the national team, you rarely need to deal with this kind of problem. If any player is dissatisfied with the role, it is very simple, I will directly recruit other players. This is different from the mandatory requirement that players need to be managed throughout the entire process when coaching a club.

When you coach at the club, you often say that "the Champions League depends not on offensive players but on solid defense." Is this the same applies to the World Cup?

is exactly that. I think the future World Cup championship will be the team with the best defense, not the team with the strongest offense. This is exactly the essence of football.

You have worked in all the five major European leagues. Which league is the strongest?

The competition in the Premier League is the most intense. It enjoys huge amounts of money brought by TV transfer, which can attract top players to invest. The Premier League has replaced Serie A from the late 1990s to the early 21st century, when two or three teams in Serie A often entered the Champions League semi-finals. In that era, clubs were mostly held by private owners, and the influx of investment funds changed the situation after 2010.

Is football culture different in England?

has significant differences. In England, people were born for football in a healthy way; in Italy or Spain, although they were also football fanatic, they were accompanied by elements of violence. Since being suspended from European competitions in the late 1980s, English football has completed its own innovation and has now eliminated violence. In terms of event organization, infrastructure and fair competition, the Bundesliga is closest to the Premier League, but its competitive level is slightly inferior. The advantage of the Bundesliga is that only 18 teams participate in the competition and the number of games is smaller. And too many games are the core issue in today's football world.