Big blow for Brazil: Gabriel Magalhães out of France, Croatia friendlies | OneFootball

The Brazilian national team suffered a significant blow ahead of its friendlies against France and Croatia: defender Gabriel Magalhães has been ruled out due to a right knee injury. The Arsenal center back picked up the problem in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester City, which will prevent him from joining the squad under Carlo Ancelotti.

The center back’s absence adds to other problems for the Italian coach, who was already without Neymar and had previously also lost Alisson Becker and Alex Sandro. Unlike those cases, this time he decided not to call up any replacement.

Now Brazil will face the matches in the United States with a depleted defense made up of Marquinhos, Bremer, Léo Pereira, and Ibáñez. The tour will begin this Thursday against France in Boston and continue the following Tuesday against Croatia in Orlando, in what will be the final tests before the definitive squad list for the 2026 World Cup.

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