Ancelotti's Brazil cruise past a game Scotland

Brazil didn’t need to be brilliant, and they weren’t. They just needed to be efficient — and under Carlo Ancelotti, efficiency is becoming the team’s quiet superpower.

Vinícius Júnior opened the scoring with the kind of finish that makes defenders give up, Raphinha added a second from the spot, and a late third put gloss on a comfortable night. Scotland competed in spells but never seriously threatened Alisson.

The ominous part for the rest of the field? Brazil looked like a team operating at about 70% — and still won at a canter.