{"id":65055,"date":"2025-04-29T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65055"},"modified":"2025-04-29T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:09:28","slug":"ancelotti-set-to-lead-brazil-in-world-cup-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/29\/ancelotti-set-to-lead-brazil-in-world-cup-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancelotti Set to Lead Brazil in World Cup Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti has sealed a deal with the Brazil Football Federation to take charge of the Selecao after his expected exit from Real Madrid in June.<\/p>\n<p>The seasoned Italian tactician, widely respected for his trophy-laden career, will step into the role ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, fulfilling a long-standing ambition of the Brazilian football authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to trusted transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Ancelotti\u2019s appointment marks a bold move by Brazil to reclaim global dominance ahead of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Despite earlier failed attempts to bring him in for the Copa America, the CBF remained resolute in their pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti is expected to bring a blend of discipline, tactical flair, and winning experience to a national side eager to lift its sixth World Cup trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke Carlo Ancelotti has sealed a deal with the Brazil Football Federation to take charge of the Selecao after his expected exit from Real Madrid in June. The seasoned Italian tactician, widely respected for his trophy-laden career, will step into the role ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup, fulfilling a long-standing ambition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65057,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65055\/revisions\/65057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}