{"id":489707,"date":"2025-10-11T00:52:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/489707\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T00:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T00:52:18","slug":"carlo-ancelotti-praises-man-utd-star-matheus-cunha-after-brazils-5-0-thrashing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/489707\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlo Ancelotti praises Man Utd star Matheus Cunha after Brazil&#8217;s 5-0 thrashing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manchester United had two players in action for Brazil on Friday as they thrashed South Korea 5-0 in a friendly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both Casemiro and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/matheus-cunha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matheus Cunha<\/a> started for Brazil as they flew the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> flag for the five-time World Cup winners.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good day for both in the 5-0 win, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/casemiro-and-matheus-cunha-lead-a-convincing-5-0-win-for-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Casemiro and Cunha both providing assists<\/a> for Brazil in the dominant victory.<\/p>\n<p>They were upstaged by Estevao and Rodrygo; however, after the game, Cunha was a name discussed by head coach Carlo Ancelotti.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2239699748-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Matheus Cunha in action for Brazil.\" class=\"wp-image-302519\" \/>Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP via Getty ImagesCarlo Ancelotti impressed by Matheus Cunha performance<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/every-man-utd-summer-signing-rated-after-seven-premier-league-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cunha has had a strong start to his United career<\/a>, despite yet to score or assist, with some exciting performances either side of his injury.<\/p>\n<p>However, back in the Selecao, Cunha got his first goal contribution of the season, and Ancelotti was quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itatiaia.com.br\/esportes\/futebol\/selecao-brasileira\/ancelotti-explica-ausencia-de-9-de-oficio-na-selecao-e-elogia-matheus-cunha#goog_rewarded\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Itatiaia<\/a>, speaking about his striker\u2019s display.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCunha helps a lot in the exit, because he is very mobile. He does not fix a position among rival defenders. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen, as today, the opposing team puts a lot of pressure on the defenders, Cunha\u2019s position is very important. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have several options. Igor [Jesus] has different characteristics, just like Richarlison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How Matheus Cunha played for Brazil<\/p>\n<p>Cunha needs to build some momentum during the international break. This is because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/rio-ferdinand-names-two-man-united-players-he-thinks-could-cause-liverpool-serious-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cunha could be key for United vs Liverpool<\/a>, and his display for Brazil will certainly do that.<\/p>\n<p>Against South Korea, Cunha not only provided an assist but also made three key passes for Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>As a striker, Cunha was used as a false nine, almost, as he did the hard work for his less versatile teammates, winning four duels, making three recoveries, and two tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Ancelotti\u2019s praise, Cunha will probably wish he were playing in the 10 role where Rodrygo scored twice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United had two players in action for Brazil on Friday as they thrashed South Korea 5-0 in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[2616,94,235,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-489707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-carlo-ancelotti","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-matheus-cunha","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115352800901744280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}