>>149267343Brazillian confidence didn't die because of a 7-1 loss 10 years ago which no one playing then is still active at the NT level, retard. Yeah, it was a national tragedy, but people moved on.
The real reason why our NT sucks nowdays is because
a) Our players go to be brainwashed to an European style of football earlier and earlier, and then are brought in to play for Brazillian coaches who can't adapt (Hopefully Ancellotti solves this)
b) Players now see their Club duties as more important than their NT duties and are more money-driven than in the past - in large part because they never develop a connection to national football due to being taken to Europe barely out of the womb. Endrick could have become a generational Palmeiras legend if he stayed a few more years; instead he went off to warm the bench in Real and have his confidence destroyed and his connection to Brazil erased.
The b) factor is likely to be reduced, though not entirely eliminated, when World Cup time comes. Our players don't give a shit to step up and bring their A game for qualifying rounds because they don't love being in the NT, but every single football player in the world wants to win the World Cup. This has been historically true for Brazil too - in 2002 we had a messy af qualification proccess.