Brazil announces the list of national teams participating in the Copa America
6/11/2021 12:22:03 PM
The head coach of the Brazilian national football team, Tite, announced on the afternoon the list of national team players representing Brazil in the America's Cup. The members are basically the same as in the last two World Cup qualifiers, except that the defender Thiago Silva returned from injury.
Thiago Silva had been selected for the national team before the world preliminaries, but due to an injury during training, he was replaced in both games with Ecuador and Paraguay.
As the two world preliminaries have just ended, the players will rest for two days and regroup in Sao Paulo on the 11th. The Brazilian team's first game in the America's Cup was the opening match held in the capital Brasilia on the 13th. The opponent was Venezuela.
As the defending champion, Brazil was in Group B in this America's Cup, and the teams in the same group were Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
A total of 24 players were called into the national team to participate in the America's Cup. The specific list is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Edelson (Man City), Wefton (Palmelas);
Defenders: Emerson (Barcelona), Danilo (Juventus), Sandro (Juventus), Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid), Militang (Real Madrid), Felipe (Atletico Madrid) ), Marchinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Thiago Silva (Chelsea);
Midfielders: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Douglas Luis (Aston Villa), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United) ), Lucas Bhakta (Lyon);
Forwards: Everton (Benfica), Firmino (Liverpool), Gabriel Barbosa (Flamenco), Jesus (Manchester City), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Richard Li Sen (Everton), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid).