Brazil coach Ancelotti to change his team for match against Haiti

Brazil's head coach Carlo Ancelotti is pictured after the 2026 FIFA World Cup Group C soccer match between Brazil and Morocco at New York New Jersery Stadium. Victor Monteiro/PX Imagens via ZUMA Press Wire/dpaCoach Carlo Ancelotti vowed to make changes to his team and is convinced that Brazil will put in a stronger performance in their second group stage match at the World Cup after a lacklustre opener.The five-time world champions started the tournament with a 1-1 draw with Morocco and will aim to bounce back against Haiti on Friday."

We can improve the team, and we will improve the team," Ancelotti said in a news conference on Thursday."The team wasn't happy because the first game wasn't good, especially the first half. But tomorrow we're going to play a different game, with much more quality."

The Italian coach confirmed he will make changes to the starting line-up, though he doesn't appear to be planning any major shake-ups.Danilo and Matheus Cunha are expected to replace Ibañez and Igor Thiago respectively.Neymar, meanwhile, won't travel to Philadelphia with the team as he's still nursing an injury and only training individually.

Brazil are under pressure after the first game but Ancelotti stressed he has to deal with it and that it's a "privilege" to coach Brazil."You don't win a World Cup in the first game. We need to find a solution.

We've been working in the past few days to find it and I think we did. I'm still confident the team will be competitive," he said.