According to Daily Sports, with Ancelotti's opening of new players such as Estewan in the Brazilian national team, Rodrigo's future in Brazil is worrying.
According to the situation of each team, Anshu (late last season) was dissatisfied with Rodrigo's work attitude when he was at Real Madrid. On the international match day this month, Rodrigo was not selected for the Brazilian roster (Vinitius and Militon, who are also in Real Madrid, were not recruited, but Barcelona player Rafinia was selected. Some people interpret this as "Ancelotti's favor to his old club Real Madrid." This interpretation is actually not unreasonable. Since Brazil has locked in the World Cup qualification in advance, Ancelotti may hope that Real Madrid's Brazilian players will get a rest opportunity to avoid unnecessary physical exhaustion). This may be some kind of warning from Ancelotti to Rodrigo, and he has also adopted a similar approach to Neymar. Ancelotti said in an interview: "One of the selection criteria we value is physical fitness - players must be in 100% best because the competition is extremely fierce no matter where the position is. I have never talked to them (Rodrigo, Neymar) and can call me anytime if they want, both of them have my number."
In Brazil's 3-0 defeat to Chile this week, the biggest winners are Estewan and Enrique who came on as a substitute (Estewan and Enrique can both play Rodrigo's position). Estewan's performance was amazing, and Ancelotti was very satisfied with this. He said: "Estewan has adapted very well in the Premier League, and you must know that it is not easy to do this. When playing with us this time, he performed well and paid a lot for the team. He still has room for improvement and can provide more help to the team in the future."
On the other hand, Enrique once again showed his peak state when he played for Botafogo in 2024. At that time, he was the main contributor to Botafogo's historic "Double Championship" (South American Liberators Cup and Brazilian La Liga Championship). Ancelotti was also very proud of Enrique. He said: "Enrique has extraordinary talent, he has extremely strong physical fitness and one-on-one ability. A talented player like him can completely change the direction of the game when his condition is in good shape and his opponent's physical fitness declines. It is very important for the team to have this type of player."
Estewan and Enrique not only won the full recognition of Ancelotti, but also received widespread praise from Brazilian football public opinion. The Brazilian team's right winger position is "excessive talent". Under such a background, Rodrigo, who wants to participate in next World Cup, is gradually losing his main position in the Brazilian national team. He is no longer an irreplaceable player in the team. Rodrigo must adjust his condition as soon as possible to try to impress Ancelotti again.