
Brazil will be without the suspended Raphinha when the Seleção takes on Ecuador in Carlo Ancelotti’s first match in charge.
The Barcelona superstar must serve a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation and therefore will miss out on Brazil’s first of two 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in June. Ancelotti will have to get by without one of his best players at the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha on June 5.