Brazil's World Cup squad is giving everyone back home serious doubts
Brazil's struggling into the 2026 World Cup after their worst qualifying campaign ever, and fans at home are losing patience with the squad selection.
The 2026 World Cup has some absolute monsters on display. Spain's got Lamine Yamal tearing it up. Messi's leading the scoring charts for Argentina. Mbappé, Haaland, Kane, Ronaldo — they're all here, hungry for the Golden Boot. Meanwhile, Brazil's looking… well, not great.
Five-time champs finishing fifth in qualifying. Twenty-eight points across 18 games. That's their worst qualifying run ever, full stop. Yeah, they beat Croatia, Panama, and Egypt in friendlies after a competitive loss to France in March, but that's not really cutting it. Not when you're supposed to be the gold standard.
Back in Brazil, people are genuinely stressed about who's even going to be on this team. Neymar? Casemiro? Endrick? The whole squad selection feels messy. There's proper debate happening — not the casual kind, but the kind where fans and analysts are questioning everything. Nobody's got faith right now.
The thing is, five World Cups worth of pedigree doesn't mean much when you're heading into a tournament this flat. Other teams have superstars firing on all cylinders. Brazil's got names, sure, but the performances aren't matching the hype. That qualifying campaign exposed real problems, and a few friendly wins aren't going to fix what's broken.
Scotland's got to be looking at this thinking they've got a genuine chance. That's how bad it's gotten for the Seleção. When Scotland's your next opponent and you're the defending favorites on paper, something's seriously off.
