Brazil find themselves stuck in the middle of an identity crisis - they are unreliable, and Carlo Ancelotti may have made one of his few career errors, writes IAN LADYMAN

IAN LADYMAN IN NEW JERSEY: Brazil and the World Cup. It's hard to think of one without the other. But not since 2002 have the South Americans really come close to doing their reputation justice.

Brazil find themselves stuck in the middle of an identity crisis - they are unreliable, and Carlo Ancelotti may have made one of his few career errors, writes IAN LADYMAN
IAN LADYMAN IN NEW JERSEY: Brazil and the World Cup. It's hard to think of one without the other. But not since 2002 have the South Americans really come close to doing their reputation justice.