Ancelotti calls for mental resilience after Brazil's first loss to Japan

VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM BRAZIL'S HEAD COACH CARLO ANCELOTTI FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: TOKYO, JAPAN (OCTOBER 14, 2025) (CBF TV – Access all) 1.(SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, CARLO ANCELOTTI, SAYING: “No, everything is not fine. When the team loses, we are upset, that's normal. Everyone is upset. I don't like losing, neither do the players. We have to learn from this loss, as we always do in soccer.” 2.WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, CARLO ANCELOTTI, SAYING: “It was a good lesson tonight. There are things we need to learn from today's match, especially in the second half. I think we need to find balance in what we do. The team played very well against Korea, played well in the first half (against Japan), and very poorly in the second half. It's a process, and in the World Cup we need to be balanced.” 4.WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, CARLO ANCELOTTI, SAYING: “Individual mistakes do not affect a player's place in the team (for the World Cup). What we have to evaluate is the team's reaction after the first mistake, which was not good because we lost some of our balance on the field, we lost our attitude, our positive mindset. As I said, it's a good lesson for the future.” 6.WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BRAZIL COACH, CARLO ANCELOTTI, SAYING: “I think that today's game, until Fabrício's mistake (on the first goal), was well controlled. After that, it's very clear to me what happened: the team lost its mental focus after the first mistake. That was the team's biggest mistake! I don't think the team's attitude in the second half was bad. I repeat, the mistake had too much of an impact.” STORY: TO FOLLOW

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