Brazil look certain to qualify for the 2026 World Cup but scratch beneath the surface and you'll find a team drifting aimlessly yet again

Over the years, the famous canary yellow shirt of the Brazil national team has become synonymous with World Cup success, beautiful soccer and legendary players. However, Brazil fans are having to adapt to a new reality: their team isn’t very good.

Julian Alvarez opened the scoring after just four minutes as he darted between two yellow shirts and cleverly touched the ball past Bento. Brazil never recovered from the shaky start and it was 2-0 in the 12th minute,