The interim coach of the Brazilian team, Ramon Menezescalled off the indisputable headlines marquinhos and richarlison for the friendly on March 25 against Morocco after the World Cup players suffered serious injuries with their respective clubs.
Marquinhos, a PSG defender, is still in the recovery phase from an injury to his abdominal muscles, so he will not be fit for next Saturday’s friendly in Tangier, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) reported in a statement. Richarlison, Tottenham striker, suffered an injury in this Saturday’s Premier League match with Southampton and “left the pitch crying,” the note added.
The doctor of the Brazilian team, Rodrigo Lasmar, was informed by the Tottenham doctors that the striker is not fit to play the friendly, which will be the first for Canarinha after their elimination from the Qatar 2022 World Cup in the quarterfinals against Croatia . Menezes has included in his place Bremer (Juventus) and yuri alberto (Corinthians)
The Brazilian soccer players called up for the friendly will be concentrated in Tangier starting Monday, where they will have five days to train, since Menezes chose to only schedule a friendly on the FIFA day in March and take advantage of the rest of the time to prepare the team.
Only nine of those who played the World Cup remain
Among the 23 called up by Menezes for the friendly are nine debutants with the Canarinha, including Vitor Roque and Andrey Santos, stars of Brazil in the South American Sub’20, and who will join established players such as Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo, Casemiro and Militao. Neymar will also miss the friendly due to injury.
With the departure of Marquinhos and Richarlison, the list of summoned for the friendly only includes nine of those who played in the World Cup Menezes, champion with Brazil of the South American Sub’20 this year, was the provisional solution due to the delay of the CBF to find a substitute for Tite and in the midst of reports that the body wants a foreign coach but has not reached agreements with which it has come into contact so far.
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