Great 1-0! Ancelotti welcomes his first victory, Brazil revenges Paraguay, World Cup 12th team is born

On June 11, the South American World Cup qualifiers continued, with Brazil playing against Paraguay at the Corinthian Stadium. In the first leg of the two sides, Brazil lost to Paraguay 0-1. This is Ancelotti's second game since coaching Brazil, and his first time commanding the game at home. Paraguay scored 2 more points than Brazil before the game. This time the two teams faced each other with a great 1-0! Ancelotti welcomed his first victory, Brazil revenges Paraguay, and the 12th team in the World Cup was born.

Brazil ranked 5th in the world and 48th in Paraguay. In Brazil's starting lineup, in the 4231 formation, Alisson guarded the goal, Sandro, Ribero, Marquinhos and Wandesson formed the back line from left to right, with the double midfielder Casemiro partnering with Guimaraes, Martinelli and Rafinia flew together, Cunia's front midfielder, and the pseudo-Nine Vinicius.

Before the match against Brazil, Paraguay was in great shape. Under the leadership of coach Alfaro, Paraguay has remained unbeaten in 9 consecutive World Cup qualifiers (5 wins and 4 draws). Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay all lost to them, and Paraguay became the super dark horse in the World Cup qualifiers in South America. In this game, Rafinia's release of the ban and returned, giving Ancelotti more offensive choices. At the beginning, Rafinia was the main attacker of Brazil and led the team to launch an attack.

Brazil broke the deadlock in the 44th minute, Cunia passed the inverted triangle to the goal, and Vinicius scored a score by scoring in front of the goal. This is Ancelotti's first goal since coaching Brazil, scored by his beloved disciple Vinicius in Real Madrid. The two once again showed good cooperation in the Brazilian team. In the 59th minute, Brazil sieges Paraguay, and Paraguay players rescued the goal line.

It is worth mentioning that Brazilian coach Ancelotti has just celebrated his 66th birthday. In the game against Paraguay, Brazilian fans played tifo and wished An Shuai a happy birthday. Brazil lived up to expectations and defeated Paraguay with Vinicius' winning goal. After scoring 3 points in this game, Brazil has 7 points more than Venezuela, which ranks 7th in the South American World Cup qualifiers. There are 2 rounds of games left, and Venezuela cannot surpass Brazil again.

South America advanced to the World Cup in the top 6, and the Samba Legion has secured the qualification to participate in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and they have never missed the World Cup. The teams confirmed to enter the 2026 World Cup include the United States, Mexico, Canada, Argentina, Japan, Australia, Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, Jordan, and New Zealand, and Brazil is the 12th in the ranking. Under An Shuai’s coach, will Brazil win the World Cup next year?