Brazil also lost Casemiro

Brazil announced the departure of Casemiromidfielder Manchester United, for friendly matches England and Spain on March 23 and 26, respectively, and instead called Pepe, attacking Porto.

The Canarinha coach, Dorival Junior, lamented, in a video released by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the loss of the former player of real Madrid and justified the calling of Pepê, originally a forward, but converted to a midfielder.

Without a hierarchy of Casemirothe coach has to rebuild the core of the team between André (Fluminense), Andreas Pereira (Fulham), João Gomes (Wolverhampton), Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), Lucas Paquetá (West Ham) and Pablo Maia (Sao Paulo).

This is Canarinha’s fourth loss face two friendlies this month against England and Spain, after injuries to goalkeeper Ederson (Manchester City), center back Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain) and winger Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).

In lieu of these, Dorival added goalkeeper Léo Jardim (Vasco da Gama), defender Fabrício Bruno (Flamengo) and attacker Galeno (Porto) to its roster.

The Brazilian coach will debut with a full next March 23 against England, at Wembley Stadium, and three days later they will have another difficult test against Spain, at the Santiago Bernabéu, in Madrid.

They will also be the first commitments of 2024 for a Brazilian team that has had one of the worst years in its history.

When he released the list on March 1, Dorival Marquinhos is confident He recovered in time, but was ultimately forced to drop him from the squad due to the persistence of his physical discomfort.

Before announcing the list, he removed the goalkeeper Alisson Becker of Liverpool He has also been out of the playing field for several weeks due to injury and it is hoped that he will be able to return after the national team break.

so, Brazil will be measured in England and Spain without their two starting goalkeepers, as neither Ederson nor Alisson were there.