EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, July 5 : Brazil spent three years chasing Carlo Ancelotti as if the Italian carried a golden key to their sixth World Cup. On Sunday, after a 2-1 defeat by Norway in the New Jersey heat, the record five-times champions discovered that even one of club football's great managers cannot per

Italian’s man-management and decisiveness has shielded the talented Seleção squad and made fans believe again

Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil are still flawed, but his calm pragmatism may be teaching the five-time World Cup winners how to survive and win ugly.