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Coach Tite announced, on the morning of this Friday, the call-up of the Brazilian team for the last two games of 2020. And the main “news” of the list was the return of three athletes already summoned by the coach previously: defender Militão , the midfielder Arthur and the forward Vini Junior. They will be part of the group that will face Venezuela, on November 13, in Morumbi, and Uruguay, on the 17th, at the Centennial, in Montevideo, for the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers.
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- Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City) and Weverton (Palmeiras);
- Side: Danilo (Juventus), Gabriel Menino (Palmeiras), Alex Telles (Manchester United) and Renan Lodi (Atlético de Madrid);
- Defenders: Éder Militão (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (PSG), Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo) and Thiago Silva (Chelsea);
- Midfielders: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), Arthur (Juventus), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool) and Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona);
- Attackers: Everton Cebolinha (Benfica), Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City), Neymar (PSG), Richarlison (Everton) and Vini Junior (Real Madrid).
Tite in a call for the Brazilian team this Friday – Photo: Lucas Figueiredo / CBF
Militão is called up again at a time when he had the opportunity to start at Real Madrid, after an injury to captain Sergio Ramos. By his entrance, the defender Felipe, from Atlético de Madrid, was not called. Rodrigo Caio, from Flamengo, remained among the defenders summoned by Tite.
Arthur, for his part, wins Bruno Guimarães’s place in the squad, while he recalls striker Vini Junior, replacing Rodrygo, a Real Madrid teammate. Cut from the last roster due to injury, forward Gabriel Jesus is also back, knocking Matheus Cunha out of the relationship.
The only Brazilian teams that had players called up were Flamengo and Palmeiras, who will be absent on matchday 21 of Brasileirão and, possibly, in a first leg of the quarterfinals of the Brazil Cup, the return matches are scheduled to the 18. one after the game against Uruguay.
The selection coordinator, Juninho Paulista, praised the fact that there were no positive cases of Covid-19 on the last FIFA Date and thanked the delegation for complying with the protocol. And he confirmed that the duel between Brazil and Argentina, in March, will be held at the Pernambuco Arena, in Recife.
After starting with victories against Bolivia and Peru, the Brazilian team is the leader of the tie with six points, beating Argentina in the criteria of goals scored and goal difference. Tite’s team will face Venezuela, on the 14th, in São Paulo, and Uruguay, three days later, in Montevideo.
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Tite will summon the Brazilian team this Friday – Photo: Lucas Figueiredo / CBF
