Brazil is no longer what it used to be, there are teams and not only Brazil that have dropped in performance, even well-known and very strong teams like Italy, which has not qualified for several years, it is not a good thing, the level of football has dropped a lot and we are seeing it with the current teams, now the players are all athletes and not football players
During the last 10-15 years, Brazil has degraded a lot. Initially they were in the danger of missing out on qualifying to the FIFA World Cup of 2026. A few recent wins have helped their cause. Also, FIFA has increased the qualifying slots from CONMEBOL confederation to 6.5 (previously it was 4.5). But what they will do even if they manage to qualify? We saw their performance during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was hosted by Qatar. Once Neymar got injured, Brazil was not even competitive against the opponents.