The coach of the Brazilian national team, Swedish Pia Sundhage, the midfielder was summoned this Tuesday Angelina Alonso to replace the attacker Nycole Raysa, who was injured just six days before Brazil’s 2023 World Cup debut in Australia and New Zealand against Panama.
Nycole, Portuguese player Benfica, “He suffered a sprained left ankle in Tuesday’s training game and will not have a good time to recover”, where he not included in the squad listexplained the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in a statement.
“A few weeks ago I received the happiest news of my life (being called up for the World Cup) and now, just a few days later, I received perhaps the saddest, but life must go on,” lamented the attacker in a message he published on their social networks.
Angelina, a player from the American OL Reign, was included in the list of three possible replacements in case of injuries of 23 called for the Brazilian team that will play the World Cup, where he is training with his Australian teammates.
Just came off a serious injury
The 23-year-old, however, still He has not played any official match since he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in his right knee last July in the final of the Copa América, where Brazil defeated Colombia, capturing the continental title and guaranteeing their qualification for the World Cup.
Midfielder needed eleven months of recovery before returning to training at OL Reign and in June he participated in the exercises implemented by some called by Sundhage at the CBF training center.
A midfielder instead of a striker
The Swedish coach, a two-time Olympic champion in the United States, also called as a replacement the young Aline Gomes, 17 years old and works as an attacker, but chose Angelina, a midfielder, instead of Nycole.
Angelina was summoned for the first time for the Brazilian team in 2021 and was accepted despite the fact that he could also be considered by the United States team, because, although he is the son of Brazilians, he has dual nationality for being born in that country.
The midfielder He started his sports career at the age of 12 in the children’s divisions of Vasco da Gama, in Rio de Janeiro, and wore the Santos jersey between 2017 and 2019 and Palmeiras in 2020 before being recruited by OL Reign in 2021.
Brazil debuts on Monday
The World Cup in Australia and New Zealand starts this Thursday and Brazil, matched in Group F, will make his debut on Monday against Panama in Brisbane. On July 29, France will be measured in the same city.
Their final match in the group stage is on August 2 in Melbourne against Jamaica.
It doesn’t start out as among the favorites
Despite being hegemonic in South America, Brazil has never won a world title or Olympic gold so it is not considered one of the favorites in this year’s World Cup.
Canarinha, however, is considered a possible surprise thanks to the arrangement carried out by Sundhage and for the presence of his team along with veteran attacker Martasix times selected as the best soccer player in the world.
Source: La Verdad
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