Carlo Ancelotti's first call-up as Brazil national team coach showed significant renewal in the numbers. The 26 players called for the friendlies against Australia and India have an average age of 24.4 years, slightly lower than the 24.6 of the first squad for the Tokyo Olympics and more than five years below the 29.6 of the group taken to the last World Cup.
Of the 26 players who were at the World Cup, only nine remained on the new list: Douglas Santos, Gabriel Magalhães, Marquinhos, Danilo, Bruno Guimarães, Endrick, Raphinha, Rayan, and Vinícius Junior. This means nearly two-thirds of the names did not participate in the World Cup.
Brazil competed in the last World Cup with the highest average age in its history in the competition, being 29 years, six months, and 29 days. Four months later, Ancelotti presents a group with an age closer to the beginning than the end of a national team cycle, highlighting the reduction in average age proposed by the new coach.
