Neymar, Vinicius Junior and Antony will make up the trio of Brazilian attackers in Thursday’s game against Chile in the South American qualifying group for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to the coach of the ‘canrinha’, Adenor Leonardo Bachi ‘Tite’. ‘, in the first training session with the full team.
Just two days before the match against Chile at the Maracaná stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian coach uncovered all the cards from the first moment and began training with a probable starting team in which he made at least seven changes with respect to the last alignment.
In addition to Antony (Ajax), who will be able to debut as a starter in the absence of Raphinha and Matheus Cunha, the line-up will have six absent players, including Neymar, in the starting eleven of last February’s match in which Brazil thrashed 4-0 to Paraguay.
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The team lined up as a starter in the first training session had Alisson as goalkeeper; Danilo, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva and Guilherme Arana in defense; Casemiro, Fred and Lucas Paquetá in the midfield, and Antony, Vinicius Junior and Neymar up front.
Among the novelties, the alignment of Danilo and Guilherme Arana stood out as the laterals in the positions that were occupied by Daniel Alves and Alex Telles; the return of Casemiro to the position provisionally held by Fabinho and the line-up of Fred as second midfielder in place of creative Philippe Coutinho.
The main change was in the trio of attackers as, with Raphinha and Mateus Cunha injured and with the return of Neymar, who missed the last few games due to injury, Vinicius’s teammates up front will now be the PSG attacker and Antony.
Neymar, false nine
The plays shown in the few minutes that training was open on television showed Neymar playing in the center of the attack as a false nine and Vinicius and Antony acting as strikers.
Lucas Paquetá will be in charge of supplying the trio of attackers from the center of the field.
Brazil will train until Wednesday at Granja Comary, about 60 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro.
The team will travel to Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday for its Thursday match with Chile at the Maracana.
On Tuesday, in Bolivia
The Brazilian team will return to Granja Comary after the game with Chile and will continue their preparation there until Monday, when they will travel to Bolivia for Tuesday’s game in La Paz.
Brazil, which has already secured its qualification for Qatar, is the undefeated leader of the South American league, with 39 points, and has an almost perfect balance of twelve wins and three draws.
