Coutinho and Daniel Alves are again called up by the coach in the first call-up of the year for the Qatar World Cup
The coach of the Brazilian national team, Tite, today made the first call-up of 2022 for Brazil’s upcoming games in this year’s World Cup Qualifiers, in Qatar. The team faces Ecuador and Paraguay. Without Neymar, who is still recovering from an ankle injury, Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Alves were again part of the coach’s group.
Renan Lodi was also out of the list, according to Tite, the player still doesn’t have the two doses of the vaccine against Coivd-19, and that’s why he would have stopped calling the side.
Qualified with five games to spare – even with a game less (due to the suspension of the match against Argentina) -, Brazil is the isolated leader of the Qualifiers with 35 points. The Argentines, also ranked, are in second place, with 29.
See the list of nominees:
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City) and Weverton (Palmeiras);
Full-backs: Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Emerson Royal (Tottenham), Alex Sandro (Juventus) and Alex Telles (Man United);
Defenders: Éder Militão (Real Madrid), Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal), Marquinhos (PSG) and Thiago Silva (Chelsea);
Midfielders: Bruno Guimarães (Lyon), Casemiro (Real Madrid), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Gerson (Olympique de Marseille), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Lucas Paquetá (Lyon) and Philippe Coutinho (Aston villa);
Forwards: Antony (Ajax), Vini Jr (Real Madrid), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City), Matheus Cunha (Atlético de Madrid), Raphinha (Leeds) and Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo)
