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"To be honest, I'm not against foreigners. I think we also have coaches in our country who are capable of leading the national team."
Idman.biz reports that these words were said by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva while commenting on the appointment of Italian Carlo Ancelotti as the head coach of the national football team.
The head of state emphasized in an interview with journalist Marcelo Ninho that the main problem of the team is not the coach: "If we look at Ancelotti's career, we can see that he is an excellent coach. He was also a good player. But Brazil's problem, I think, is that the football players are at a low level. It's not like before. If we compare it with the generations of 1958, 1962, 1970, 1982, 1986, 2002 and 2006, the current generation is weaker. Just remember our attack line in 2002 and 2006 and you will see that we are very far from it."
By the way, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated in one of his interviews last year that football players playing in the country's championship should play in the national team: "Those playing abroad are not superior to those playing here. I have long noted that the Brazilian national team should have football players playing in the country."
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