Brazil Coach Carlos Dunga has named Norberto Neto and Rafael Cabral in his latest squad, with no place for Douglas Maicon.
Brazil Coach Carlos Dunga has named Norberto Neto and Rafael Cabral in his latest squad, with no place for Douglas Maicon.
The Roma full-back was sent home from the Selecao halfway through their last set of international fixtures for an unspecified disciplinary reason and has subsequently missed out on a call-up to the national team for friendlies away to Turkey and Austria next month.
The squad, named today by Coach Dunga, does include two Serie A names in the form of Napoli goalkeeper Rafael and Fiorentina” data-scaytid=”12″>Fiorentina goalkeeper Neto.
Rafael keeps his place, whilst Neto is in contention for his senior debut, having only been capped previously at Under-23 level.
Luiz Adriano, who scored five goals for Shakhtar Donetsk against BATE in the Champions League, is the major novelty.
“Maicon was not a victim of the rulebook,” Dunga told the press during his press conference today.
“But [not calling up] it was a response to his attitude. Each is responsible for his actions, here we have harmony and organisation.”
Brazil squad to face Turkey and Austria: Diego Alves, Neto, Rafael Cabral; Mário Fernandes, Danilo, Alex Sandr, Filipe Luís, David Luiz, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Miranda; Casemiro, Fernandinho, Luiz Gustavo, Rômulo, Douglas Costa, Oscar, Willian, Philipe Coutinho, Roberto Firmino; Lucas Moura, Luiz Adriano, Neymar