"Brazil will play the final of the 2026 World Cup, they will match after two years"

Brazil will play the final of the 2026 World Cup final. You can discuss this later - in the press conference, Brazil's coach Dorival Jr. wanted to reassure the Brazilian football fans. The Seleção have not been going well in recent times. But coach Dorival is the most optimistic man in Brazilian football. A literal translation of his words from Portuguese may give Brazil fans renewed hope.

Even from fourth place in the World Cup qualifiers, this coach dreams of taking Brazil to the World Cup finals. In the press conference before the match against Paraguay in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, he told reporters about playing in the final. Dorival was also asked whether Brazil would once again offer competitive football.

In response, the Brazilian coach said, 'I have no question about this. You can write down that we will play the final in the 2026 World Cup, if you don't believe me, take my word for it after two years.''

Brazil lost three matches in a row before winning against Ecuador in the last match. They are in the 4th place in the World Cup Qualifiers in the CONMEBOL region with a total of 10 points from 7 matches. Statistics show that this is Brazil's worst chapter in the qualifiers. But still the coach is very satisfied with the current state of the team, "As a team, we are trying to find our best. We are doing well in ball recovery. We are getting the transition back only after the opponent gives two to three passes.

Of course, Dorival does not want to stop here, "We will be more aggressive in terms of recovery." I believe as a team, we have improved. We still have some deficiencies in the opposition box. A reliable player or someone who will throw the opposition off balance.'

Fans have high expectations from Brazil. After the match against Ecuador, Dorival told the youngsters not to have the same expectations as Neymar. "Our visible improvement will not happen overnight," he said before the Paraguay match. It will take time, but soon enough we will find ourselves. The work in the national team is more difficult than in the club. After two or three matches in the national team, the players move to London. Danilo will go to Italy. We have to go to Rio de Janeiro. The work is not easy.

Brazil will enter the field early Wednesday morning in the 8th round match in the Qualifiers of the CONMEBOL region. Their opponent in this match is Paraguay. At the end of 7 matches, Argentina is currently on top in this region. Their points are 18. Brazil are 8 points behind their arch-rivals.