Lula Slams Carlo Ancelotti's Appointment As Head Coach: "Has Never Been..."
Brazil doesn't need foreigners to coach its national football team, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Tuesday following the appointment of Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti to head the Selecao. Italian Ancelotti on Monday became the first non-Brazilian since 1965 to take the reins of Brazil's national team, which he is hoping to lead to World Cup glory next year. "Honestly, I have nothing against him being a foreigner... What I think is that we have coaches in Brazil capable of leading the Selecao," Lula told journalists in China, according to a video circulated in Brazilian media.