Brazil has a long history of glory in football and it could even be said that the era of modern football actually started with Brazilian football, but we can see how their performance in recent years has experienced a significant decline in performance and even some of their legends such as Ronaldinho actually doubt their abilities from Brazil young squad currently has, I think Brazil's performance and failures in the previous Copa America are proof that Brazil is no longer as great as it used to be so we can't expect much from them anymore.
A few days ago I read in several media that the Brazil (Dorival Junior) coach was quite confident that they would be able to reach the 2026 World Cup final, but in fact today we can see how Brazil lost to Paraguay with a score of 1-0, which made them have to Satisfied with being in 5th place at the moment and which is still not safe for them to get at the end of the South American Zone qualifiers.
It seems that Brazil's glory is just history. Currently, Brazil is very bad at playing and also without direction, Brazil does not play with a team but plays individually not for the team. If we compare Brazil today with Brazil in the past, it is very different, even now other teams are no longer afraid to face Brazil.
If they play for the team seriously, they can score many goals. The only Brazilian player who really plays well is goalkeeper Allison, the rest, nothing. What Ronaldinho said is true, Brazil has great players but they have the worst squad and individual egos are too high. In addition, what made them fail to win may be because the Brazilian players think that they feel that there are many star players so they like to underestimate their opponents.
In addition, Brazil's current midfield can be said to be the worst midfield of all time, only relying on Lucas Paqueta who was dumped in Milan. So it's no wonder they failed to win against Paraguay, if Brazil used to have a good midfield.
If there is no improvement, there is a possibility that Brazil will not qualify for the 2026 World Cup, perhaps if that happens then it can be said that the next World Cup will be the first without Brazil.