The Surgery Won't Heal Itself: Brazil's Midfield Crisis and the Ancelotti Conundrum Brazil's World Cup exit has been met with shock, disappointment, and a sense of inevitability.
The team's struggles in midfield have been well documented, but the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti four years ago was meant to be a game changer. Instead, it has exposed the depth of Brazil's problems.
The country's reliance on Casemiro is a double edged sword.