The end of the Brazilian team, Dorival Júnior, made the announcement of the selected for the games against Colonbia and Argentina on the morning of Thursday (6), in Rio de Janeiro.
For the duels of the qualifiers for a 2026 World Cup, the coach chose to leave out office center-center, such as Endrick and Yuri Alberto, who were in the prelist.
In addition to Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo, Savinho and Raphinha, Dorival summoned Stephen from Palmeiras, and João Pedro, from Brighton, from England, to the attack of the national team. That is, none of the 23 selected is, in fact, a center forward of office in their clubs. Dorival justifies a hard choice that this is a profile change for time.
“João Pedro has already performed this function in the selection. It is a player who has an interesting profile. It floats and projects a lot, has goals. I want a complication team, furnished, without much a positional situation. This is fundamental. We will have men of definition, all strikers know how to score goals, have quality. We need a behavioral change, attack space. Big equipment make football do not have a center forward of the Opécio. This is everyday work, ”said the national team coach.
Dorival also points out that shipping will take advantage of the versatility of the players summoned.
“Trust versatility of these athletes. Danilo works in any function of the last LINH. Side, defender, fourth defender or third man. Versatility… Matheus Cunha and Neymar, are they socks, craft strikers? I want versatility. With the participation of these elements, with ball, we will create situated ”, conclusions.
