Coach Dorival Junior has not yet defined the Brazilian team’s lineup for the match against Colombia for the World Cup qualifiers.
In a news conference held on Wednesday (19), the coach said he thought of a team with Neymar, but the cut of the player ended up creating doubts to define the holders.
“Before the call, we tried to draw formats. We thought of a context with Neymar, but with the injury, we changed some things.
Dorival Junior also stated that there were few training to define the starting lineup of.
“In two workouts we have to try to define what will be better for such an important game as tomorrow,” he added.
In addition to the absence of, Brazil has another concern for the match against Colombia: the number of players hanging.
André, Bruno Guimarães, Gabriel Magalhães, Matheus Cunha, Raphinha, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior They can be left out of the classic against Argentina, next Tuesday (25), if they receive yellow card in the duel against the “coffee”.
Dorival recognized the problem and gave possible alternatives in case of new embezzlement.
“The list of the call was greater because of the athletes hanging. We know that we can have embezzlement against Argentina.
Brazil x Colombia
Brazil will face Colombia this Thursday (20), at 21h45 (Brasília), for the 13th round of the World Cup qualifiers of 2026.
The confrontation takes place at Mané Garrincha, in Brasilia, and will have live transmission By Globo and SporTV, in streaming globeplay, besides.
Brazil occupies the 5th place in the qualifying chart, with 18 points, the result of five wins, three draws and four losses. In the last games against Uruguay and Venezuela, in November 2024, the team drew 1-1.
Already Colombia appears in 4th position with 19 points, coming from five wins, four draws and three losses. In recent disputes, he lost 2 to 1 to Uruguay and from 1 to 0 to Ecuador.
