# Ancelotti's Brazil Tactics: From 4-4-2 to 3-2-5

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2069822695345209666
- Source account: [@CanalDoManel\_](https://x.com/CanalDoManel_)
- Source language: Portuguese
- Target language: English
- Duration: 2:31
- Published: 2026-06-24
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5) A lot of people who are saying that Ancelotti is lost don't understand the concept of the team's formation.

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=7) So I'll try to explain. Look, 4-4-2. Forget 4-2-4. Danilo, Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhães, and Douglas Santos.

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=14) Today, Rayan, Casemiro, Bruno Guimarães, Paquetá, Matheus Cunha, and the number 7, who is Vinícius Júnior.

[0:19](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=19) This is how they defend. When attacking, Rayan provides width, while Matheus Cunha, Vinícius, Paquetá, and Douglas Santos overlap.

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=31) It becomes a 3-2-5, okay? How was he doing it before?

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=35) The one going forward was the right-back, and Alexandre or Douglas Santos stayed back here.

[0:42](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=42) So the one stretching the pitch on the left was either Vinícius or Rafinha, switching positions with Wesley here.

[0:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=51) Since Wesley left and Ibañez didn't work out, Ancelotti inverted the team's axis.

[0:57](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=57) So he pulled Danilo to do a three-man build-up, and the one who started providing width on the pitch was Douglas Santos here.

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=64) So Vinícius comes inside, and you end up having Rayan, Matheus Cunha, Vinícius, Paquetá, and Douglas Santos.

[1:13](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=73) If Douglas Santos widens the pitch on this side, he needs to have a winger here because of this concept of width.

[1:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=80) Why is it width? Come back here. This is Scotland defending, and when you look at Scotland defending, you have a line between the defensive line and the midfield line.

[1:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=91) You have 12 to 15 meters here. If you have 12 to 15 meters, you need to use the entire width of the pitch, 68 meters, to be able to open up the defense.

[1:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=104) And if you open up the defense on the side... you will open up central corridors.

[1:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=109) That is why he uses this concept of width.

[1:51](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=111) When Brazil attacks, Douglas Santos will open up the play on the left, very close to the touchline, and Rayan will open up right here on the right side, very close to the touchline.

[2:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=123) Why isn't it Luiz Henrique? Because in Ancelotti's mind, Luiz Henrique cuts inside more.

[2:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=129) So, Luiz Henrique would be the choice if Wesley were there.

[2:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=134) Since the full-back defends, the winger has to be a winger.

[2:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=138) He has to stretch the pitch. That's what Ancelotti is thinking.

[2:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/oATTGURMeD2a/en/ancelotti-s-brazil-tactics-from-4-4-2-to-3-2-5?t=141) Will it work? That's the next problem. Let's see about Scotland.