While Marquinhos is preparing to celebrate his 100th selection under the Brazilian colors, the PSG star defender is still greatly disputed in the land of football.
This Friday, Marquinhos and Brazil face Chile as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. A special meeting for the 31 -year -old central defender, who will honor his 100th selection on this occasion. However, the captain of Paris Saint-Germain remains far from being unanimous in his country.
Despite its successes in American Copa with the Auriverdes in 2019, and its titles gleaned with the capital's club, including the Champions League last season, Marquinhos still has to take a course to enter the Pantheon of Brazilian football: win the Queen of Football competition. This is at least the opinion of Ricardo, former defender of the Red and Blue.
The World Cup or nothing
“The big problem is that he did not win the World Cup. In Brazil, we only judge on this. The Copa American or the Olympic Games, it's to laugh ”said the Carioca in the columns of The teambelieving that the doubts around Marquinhos will disappear if he manages to offer a sixth star at the Seleção.
After its duel against the Chilean Roja, Brazil will challenge Bolivia on September 10. Currently, the band of Carlo Ancelotti occupies third place in the South America zone, behind Argentina and Ecuador.
