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Brazil National Team to Have Four Flamengo Players at the World Cup

The Brazil National Team is preparing for the World Cup with four Flamengo players in the squad. As a result, Carlo Ancelotti trained, this Friday (29), the starting lineup of the Seleção with Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro, who are expected to start the friendly against Panama.

That is because Alisson; Wesley, Bremer, Léo Pereira and Alex Sandro; Casemiro and Bruno Guimarães; Luiz Henrique, Matheus Cunha, Raphinha and Vini Jr were the ones picked in Friday’s training session (29). Therefore, Danilo and Lucas Paquetá are bench options.

Will the Brazil National Team play at Flamengo’s home?

So, Alex Sandro and Léo Pereira will play at the Maracanã, where they are already used to playing because it is Flamengo’s home stadium. The ball starts rolling for Brazil vs. Panama this Sunday (31) at 6:00 PM (Brasília time).

Does Brazil have absences for the friendly?

The trio of Gabriel Magalhães, Gabriel Martinelli and Marquinhos will play in the Champions League the day before the friendly and, therefore, will be unavailable for the national team. In addition to those three, Brazil will also be without the injured Neymar, who could be dropped from the Seleção and make way for Flamengo striker Pedro.

Did Flamengo have more players called up?

Besides the Brazilians, Colombia called up Jorge Carrascal, while Ecuador selected Gonzalo Plata. Uruguay, meanwhile, took De La Cruz, Arrascaeta and Varela. All nine players will be unavailable for the Rubro-Negro against Coritiba on Saturday (30).

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