The Brazilian coach, Dorival Junior, This Friday he called the Real Madrid players Vinicius, Rodrygo and Militaobut he also left out merengue Endrick for matches with Venezuela and Uruguay this month, of the World Cup qualifiers.
Vinicius He returns to the national team after having missed the last two matches of the ‘Canarinha’ due to an injury. Besides, Neymar, Although he has already recovered from his serious knee injury that kept him off the field for a year and returned to compete, he still has few minutes in his club, explained the ‘Seleçao’ coach.
The young man was also left out of the list of 23 summoned Endrick, who had recently been in the Brazilian team, because he is not having continuity at Real Madrid. In his place he was summoned again Estevao, the 17-year-old attacker Palmeiras already committed to Chelsea, who, as the new scorer of the Brazilian Championship, has become one of the country’s greatest promises.
In their next commitments in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, the ‘Canarinha’ will visit Venezuela on November 14 and five days later he will receive Uruguay in the city of Salvador.
At a press conference, Dorival Junior explained about the exclusion of Endrickwho cannot call up a footballer who does not play with his club because he does not have time to prepare him, although he stressed that the doors of the national team will be open for him.
After playing ten days, Brazil is fourth in the classification of the South American qualifiers of the World Cup 2026with 16 points, the same as Uruguay, which is third for best goal balance.
Brazil was in a complicated situation until the eighth day, but achieved important victories in its last two games, with a 4-0 over Peru at home and a 1-2 on their visit to Chili.
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The list of 23 players called up:
Goalkeepers: Bento (Al-Nassr), Ederson (Manchester City) and Weverton (Palmeiras).
Defenses: Danilo (Juventus), Vanderson (Monaco), Abner (Lyon), Guilherme Arana (Atlético Mineiro), Murilo (Nottingham Forest), Éder Militao (Real Madrid), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal) and Marquinhos (PSG).
Midfielders: André (Wolverhampton), Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), Gerson (Flamengo), Lucas Paquetá (West Ham), Raphinha (Barcelona) and Andreas Pereira (Fulham).
Fronts: Estevao (Palmeiras), Rodyrgo (Real Madrid), Igor Jesus (Botafogo), Luiz Henrique (Botafogo), Savinho (Manchester City) and Vinicius (Real Madrid).
