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Real Madrid s era changes, starting with the hasty official announcement of the Brazilian Football Association

6:03am, 15 May 2025【Football】

Reporter Han Bing reported that he was reversed by Barcelona on May 11. Real Madrid lost 16 goals in the national derby this season and was humiliated by the dead enemy. "Four Big Ones Are All Invincible" is almost a foregone conclusion. Originally, Real Madrid decided to officially announce Ancelotti's resignation time based on the results of the national derby, and the defeat made the consideration meaningless. But for the Brazilian Football Association, it is urgent to announce that Ancelotti is urgent, because Brazilian Football Association Chairman Ednaldo may be suspended at any time and the new coach must be finalized as soon as possible during his term of office.

On May 7, the Supreme Court of the Brazilian Federal Court ruled that Ednaldo continued to perform his duties, while the Rio State Court's investigation into his suspected falsification of the signature of the legal agreement is still underway. The Rio State Court was scheduled to hold a hearing in the afternoon of May 12, Sao Paulo time, and Ednaldo was absent. The hearing was cancelled, meaning he could be sentenced to suspend his post at any time. In fact, Ednaldo worked overtime that morning, and the middleman Diego Fernandez quickly signed the contract in Madrid and reached an agreement with Real Madrid. At 10:53 am Sao Paulo time, the Brazilian Football Association's official website quickly announced that Ancelotti took office. Originally, the Brazilian Football Association agreed with Real Madrid to release two announcements at the same time on Monday afternoon, but the Brazilian Football Association, which is worried about the long nights and dreams, chose to make an official announcement in the morning.

Ancelotti's contract is "1+4": If Brazil misses the World Cup finals, the Brazilian Football Association can terminate the contract for free; if Brazil enters the semi-finals of next year's World Cup, the contract will automatically renew for 4 years to the 2030 World Cup. Ancelotti unilaterally terminated his contract after the World Cup next year and only needs to pay a liquidated damages of $1 million.

Ancelotti's annual salary is as high as 10 million euros, slightly less than the 11 million euros annual salary when he was at Real Madrid. The annual salary after tax is 7.25 million euros, which is higher than Real Madrid (6.05 million euros). If Brazil wins the World Cup next year, Ancelotti will also receive a bonus of up to 5 million euros and a 20% increase in contracts in the next four years. This annual salary exceeds Tuchel (6 million euros, England), Pochettino (5.5 million, United States), Nagelsman (4.8 million, Germany), Henach (4.8 million, Saudi Arabia) and Martinez (4 million, Portugal), and is the highest salary for the coach of the active world national team.

The Brazilian Football Association also rented a private jet for Ancelotti to and from Europe to Brazil at any time, rented a luxury house near the Brazilian Football Association's headquarters, and even equipped with a bulletproof premium car and a private bodyguard. Add Ancelotti's international health and personal insurance, all of the above costs are borne by the Brazilian Football Association.

Ancelotti is the fourth foreign coach in Brazil's history, and the first one is the Uruguayan Pratero 100 years ago. He only served for 19 days and led the team to play 4 games to win the runner-up of the Copa America that year. In 1944, the Portuguese Joleca was the first European coach of the Brazilian team. She cooperated with Brazilian coach Flavio Costa and led the team to play two warm-up matches with Uruguay. The third place was Argentinian Nunez in 1965, leading Brazil with Palmeiras as the team to play a warm-up match with Uruguay. Brazil is the seventh South American team to hire Italian coaches after Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador. Ancelotti is the 8th Italian coach in the world's active national team. In addition to Italian team Spaletti, there are also Montera (Turkey), Marco Rossi (Hungary), Carzona (Slovakia), Nicolato (Latvia), Dreo (Malta) and Ceroli (San Marino).

In addition to his brilliant championship resume, the Brazilian Football Association's confidence in Ancelotti is that he has coached 19 active Brazilian players and is no stranger to Brazilian football. In Real Madrid alone, there are Vinicius, Rodrigo, Militon and Enderick, as well as Casemiro and Richarlisson. Ancelotti has communicated with Neymar and Casemiro via video call, and has also sought information on players such as Anthony (Betis), Kayo Enrique (Monaco) and Sandro (Lill).

Ancelotti will meet with Brazilian team coordinator Caetano and technical specialist Juan, and perform his duties at the Brazilian Football Association headquarters on May 26, announcing the list of the June World Cup qualifiers. Brazil will visit the plateau to challenge Ecuador, ranked second in the South American region, and will play against Paraguay, ranked fifth in the home game on June 10. There are 4 rounds left in the South American qualifiers, and Brazil leads Venezuela 6 points ahead of the seventh place in the Intercontinental playoffs. It will take at least 7 points in the next four rounds to be sure to advance to the World Cup.

However, Ancelotti's son and assistant coach David is likely to not continue to assist his father in the World Cup. He is becoming part of the European football coach-change cycle, with Leverkusen's Alonso taking over Ancelotti to coach Real Madrid, and the priority target of Bundesliga team's coach is Serie A Como coach Fabrica. If Fabricas leaves, Como's goal is to select coach Ancelotti Jr. In addition, Glasgow Wanderers, who are being acquired by US funds, are also interested in him. David will help his father in June at most and then go solo.

Ancelotti's official announcement of leaving the team also opened the door for Alonso to take office as Real Madrid. Yesterday, mainstream European sports media confirmed that Alonso has signed a contract with Real Madrid for three years and will officially take office on June 1. Last week, Alonso signed a contract with Real Madrid the day after leaving the team after officially announcing the end of the season. Real Madrid will officially announce Alonso's takeover after officially announcing Ancelotti's departure and holding a farewell ceremony. Alonso will cancel the summer vacation and lead the team to compete in the Club World Cup. Alonso will take office with his familiar physical coach Carmen Ford and assistant coach Encinas. Real Madrid's current physical coach Pintus will most likely enter the Real Madrid echelon to serve as a physical coach. In terms of summer signings, in addition to Arnold, Alonso also hopes to bring a new central defender and left back, a total of 3 new players to participate in the Club World Cup.

The change of the times of Real Madrid began with the hasty official announcement of the Brazilian Football Association. In 2017, Alonso's farewell match at Bayern, Ancelotti embraced his beloved disciple. Now, Alonso will take over his mentor's mansion and launch an attack on the Champions League trophy.