The CBF announced this Friday (15/11) the call-ups of left-back Alex Telles and right-back Dodô. The athletes arrive to replace Guilherme Arana, recovering from an ankle injury, and Vanderson, suspended.
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With the departure of Vanderson and Arana, coach Dorival Júnior made four cuts to the Brazilian team. Defender Militão and striker Rodrygo, from Real Madrid, were injured and had to leave the list. The defender is out of the season with a serious knee injury.
What the Brazilian team’s list looked like with the cuts
See below the list of players called up by Dorival Júnior.
Goalkeepers
- Bento (Al-Nassr)
- Ederson (Manchester City)
- Weverton (Palmeiras)
Sides
- Danilo (Juventus)
- Dodo (Fiorentina)
- Abner (Lyon)
- Alex Telles (Botafogo)
Defenders
- Léo Ortiz (Flamengo)
- Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal)
- Marquinhos (PSG)
- Murillo (Nottingham Forest)
Midfielders
- André (Wolverhampton)
- Andreas Pereira (Fulham)
- Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle)
- Gerson (Flamengo)
- Lucas Paquetá (West Ham)
- Raphinha (Barcelona)
Attackers
- Estevão (Palmeiras)
- Igor Jesus (Botafogo)
- Luiz Henrique (Botafogo)
- Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)
- Savinho (Manchester City)
- Vini Jr (Real Madrid)
Cut
- Rodrygo (Real Madrid) – cut
- Éder Militão (Real Madrid) – cut
- Vanderson (Monaco) – cut
- Guilherme Arana (Atlético-MG) – cut
When and where are the next Brazilian team games?
The Brazilian team will face Uruguay in Brazil, in Salvador.
Brazil’s next games in the Qualifiers
- Brazil x Uruguay – 11/19 (Tuesday) – 9:45 pm (Brasília time) – Arena Fonte Nova
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Why wasn’t Neymar called up by the Brazilian national team?
Neymar was not included in the games against Venezuela and Uruguay. The athlete played just one game for Al-Hilal, from Saudi Arabia, since recovering from the serious ligament injury, which occurred in 2023. The match took place on October 21st, and the striker came on in the 31st minute of the second half. .
The CBF understands that the player’s club must provide the necessary progress in terms of minutes for Neymar to return to his peak form. The Arab team is led by coach Jorge Jesus, ex-Flamengo.
As a result, the plan is for Neymar to return to the Seleção in March 2025, in Brazil’s first matches of the year, against Argentina and Colombia.
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How is the classification in the Qualifiers?
The top six will guarantee direct qualification for the World Cup. The seventh will compete in a repechage. The last three will be out of the World Cup.
Classification of the South American Qualifiers
After the tenth round
- 1) Argentina: 22 points
- 2) Colombia: 19 points
- 3) Brazil: 17 points
- 4) Uruguay: 16 points (7 points left)
- 5) Ecuador: 16 points (6 balance)
- 6) Paraguay: 16 points (1 balance)
- 7) Venezuela: 12 points (-2 balance)
- 8) Bolivia: 12 points (-14 balance)
- 9) Peru: 6 points
- 10) Chile: 5 points
South American qualifiers: results
Tenth round
- Tuesday, 10/15 – Colombia 4 x 0 Chile – 5:30 pm (Brasília time)
- Tuesday, 10/15 – Paraguay 2 x 1 Venezuela – 8pm (Brasília time)
- Tuesday, 10/15 – Uruguay 0 x 0 Ecuador – 8:30 pm (Brasília time)
- Tuesday, 10/15 – Argentina 6 x 0 Bolivia – 9pm (Brasília time)
- Tuesday, 10/15 – Brazil 4 x 0 Peru – 9:45 pm (Brasília time)
South American qualifiers: next games
Eleventh round
- Thursday, 14/11 – Venezuela 1 x 1 Brazil
- Thursday, 14/11 – Ecuador 4 x 0 Bolivia
- Thursday, 14/11 – Paraguay 2 x 1 Argentina
- Friday, 15/11 – Peru x Chile – 8:30 pm (Brasília time)
- Friday, 15/11 – Uruguay x Colombia – 9pm (Brasília time)
How is the artillery in the South American Qualifiers?
- 1) Lionel Messi (Argentina): 6 goals
- 2) Darwin Núñez (Uruguay): 5 goals
- 3) Luis Díaz (Colombia): 4 goals
- 3) Raphinha (Brazil): 4 goals
- 3) Sanabria (Paraguai): 4 goals
- 6) Nicolas de la Cruz (Uruguay): 3 goals
- 6) Miguelito (Bolivia): 3 goals
- 6) Otamendi (Argentina): 3 goals
- 6) Rondón (Venezuela): 3 goals
- 6) Rodrygo (Brazil): 3 goals
- 11) Julián Álvarez (Argentina): 2 goals
- 11) Vaca (Bolivia): 2 goals
- 11) Silver (Ecuador): 2 goals
- 11) Enner Valencia (Ecuador): 2 goals
- 11) Neymar (Brazil): 2 goals
- 11) Vargas (Chile): 2 goals
- 11) Luiz Henrique (Brazil): 2 goals
- 11) Borré (Colombia): 2 goals
- 11) James Rodríguez (Colombia): 2 goals
- 11) Lautaro Martínez (Argentina): 2 goals
- 11) Algarañaz (Bolivia): 2 goals
- 11) Félix Torres (Venezuela): 2 goals
- 11) Nico González (Argentina): 2 goals
