The Brazilian coach Dorival Júniorreunited the quartet of players from real Madrid composed of Vinicius, Endrick, Rodrygo and Militao in the call for Brazil’s next two matches for the qualifiers of 2026 World Cup, facing chilli and Peru in october
The list of 23 called up, announced this Friday in Rio de Janeiro, also includes the presence of the Barça attacker Raphinhaand the forward Igor Jesus and Luiz Henriquethat stood out in the campaigns where Botafogo dominated the Brazilian Championship and qualified for the semifinals in the Copa Libertadores. The 17-year commitment fell from the previous call EstevaoPalmeiras forward and committed to English club Chelsea, recovering from an injury.
In the new list is no longer found Neymara Saudi Al-Hilal player who is still sidelined due to his serious knee injury and has no hope of returning to the field, as well as the exclusion of Peterfrom Flamengo, Brazil’s hope in attack but suffered the same injury.
Brazil, in fifth place in the South American qualifying classification, will visit chilli next October 10 in Santiago and five days later he will receive Peru in Brasília.
Canarinha’s next two opponents are the last two in the qualifying classification. Brazil, with 10 points and 18 away from the leader Argentinaahead of Chile by 5 units and Peru by 7 units.
In the first two qualifying matches under the command of Dorival Juniorat the beginning of September, Brazil surpassed by the lowest Ecuador, in a match where he was booed, and lost 1-0 in his visit to Paraguay in Asuncion.
The current coach took over in January of this year, replaced Fernando Diniz and had four wins, five draws and one loss in his ten games in Brazil.
Brazil’s 23-player roster
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Bento (Al-Nassr) and Ederson (Manchester City).
Defenses: Danilo (Juventus), Vanderson (Monaco), Abner (Lyon), Guilherme Arana (Atlético Mineiro), Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid)Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal) and Marquinhos (PSG).
Midfielders: André (Wolverhampton), Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), Gerson (Flamengo), Lucas Paquetá (West Ham) and Rodrygo (Real Madrid).
Forwards: Endrick and Vinicius Júnior (Real Madrid)Igor Jesus (Botafogo), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Luiz Henrique (Botafogo), Raphinha (Barcelona) and Savinho (Manchester City).
Source: La Verdad
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