No room for Coutinho as Dunga announces Brazil squad

Neymar returns to captain the side having now served a four match suspension. In addition, Corinthians goalkeeper Cassio is called up in place of the injured Marcelo Grohe. Dunga played down his decision to drop Jefferson for the game against Venezuela in October, suggesting that he wanted to give Alisson some experience. Ricardo Oliveira and […]
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2015-10-22 18:17:00

Neymar returns to captain the side having now served a four match suspension. In addition, Corinthians goalkeeper Cassio is called up in place of the injured Marcelo Grohe. Dunga played down his decision to drop Jefferson for the game against Venezuela in October, suggesting that he wanted to give Alisson some experience. Ricardo Oliveira and Hulk have both kept their places, as has Kaká. There is no room for Philippe Coutinho of Liverpool, Lucas Moura is also omitted.

BRAZIL

Goalkeepers:
JEFFERSON (Botafogo), CASSIO (Corinthians), ALISSON (Internactional).

Defenders:
DANILO (Real Madrid), DANI ALVES (Barcelona), MIRANDA (Inter Milan), MARQUINHOS (Paris Saint Germain), GIL (Corinthians), DAVID LUIZ (Paris Saint Germain), FILIPE LUIS (Atletico Madrid), MARCELO (Real Madrid).

Midfielders:
LUIZ GUSTAVO (Wolfsburg), FERNANDINHO (Manchester City), ELIAS (Corinthians), OSCAR (Chelsea), RENATO Augusto (Corinthians), LUCAS LIMA (Santos), KAKA (Orlando City), WILLIAN (Chelsea), Douglas COSTA (Bayern Munich).

Forwards:
NEYMAR JR. (Barcelona), HULK (Zenit St. Petersburg), Ricardo OLIVEIRA (Santos).