Chelsea’s Willian not in provisional squad for the Olympic games

Chelsea winger Willian will not be called to play in this summer’s Olympic games in Rio. The Brazilian was part of his country’s Copa América squad in the USA, but he does not feature on Rogerio Micale’s 35 man provisional list for the games. Previous coach Dunga is known to have wanted Willian in the […]
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2016-06-24 21:46:00

Chelsea winger Willian will not be called to play in this summer’s Olympic games in Rio. The Brazilian was part of his country’s Copa América squad in the USA, but he does not feature on Rogerio Micale’s 35 man provisional list for the games.

Previous coach Dunga is known to have wanted Willian in the squad, but reportedly met opposition from Chelsea who did not guarantee that they would be willing to release him. Douglas Costa withdrew from the Copa América squad through injury, so Costa has made himself available for the Olympics with Bayern Munich’s blessing.

This seems to have satisfied the CBF, who are allowed to call a total of 3 players into their 18 man squad who are over the age of 23. One will certainly be Neymar, while two from Douglas Costa, Thiago Silva, Fernando Prass, Casemiro and Renato Augusto will join him.

It seems most likely that Costa and Thiago Silva will be the overage players called, though a goalkeeper shortage may force Rogerio to consider Palmeiras ‘keeper Fernando Prass. The entire list of 35 was not disclosed by the CBF, but the final 18 man squad will be announced on Wednesday.

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