In our first match of the World Cup, we produced an excellent second half and a solid 2-0 win over Serbia, but lost Neymar and Danilo to ankle injuries which are likely to keep them out for at least the rest of the group stage. Some quick pros, cons, and other takeaways from that match:
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I meant to have some post up sooner than now.
We’re now less than a week three days away from Brazil’s first game at the World Cup, when those of us based in the US will be faced with the hard choice between celebrating Thanksgiving and watching the Seleção take on Serbia. In my head, I wanted to have already written a post responding to Tite’s final squad selection and use this as more of a preview / “what are our chances?” post ahead of that game. Unfortunately, I moved last week, and that kind of took up most of my time.
Anyways, here’s Brazil’s squad for the World Cup. It is still—knock on fucking wood—unchanged since Tite announced it on November 7th. While other teams are seeing star players drop like flies, thus far (keeps pounding on wood) nobody in this actually quite good squad has yet been cut due to injury:
GOALKEEPERS
Alisson – Liverpool (ENG)
Ederson – Manchester City (ENG)
Weverton – Palmeiras (BRA)
FULLBACKS
Alex Sandro – Juventus (ITA)
Alex Telles – Sevilla (ESP)
Dani Alves – Pumas (MEX)
Danilo – Juventus (ITA)
CENTER-BACKS
Bremer – Juventus (ITA)
Éder Militão – Real Madrid (ESP)
Marquinhos – Paris Saint Germain (FRA)
Thiago Silva – Chelsea (ENG)
MIDFIELDERS
Bruno Guimarães – Newcastle (ENG)
Casemiro – Manchester United (ENG)
Everton Ribeiro – Flamengo (BRA)
Fabinho – Liverpool (ENG)
Fred – Manchester United (ENG)
Lucas Paquetá – West Ham United (ING)
FORWARDS
Antony – Manchester United (ENG)
Gabriel Jesus – Arsenal (ENG)
Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal (ENG)
Neymar Jr. – Paris Saint Germain (FRA)
Pedro – Flamengo (BRA)
Raphinha – Barcelona (ESP)
Richarlison – Tottenham (ENG)
Rodrygo – Real Madrid (ESP)
Vinicius Jr. – Real Madrid (ESP)
Breaking Down The Squad
I wrote what was intended to be a separate post about how this squad compares to Brazil’s recent World Cup teams, much as I did before the 2018 World Cup, an article lost in that year’s infamous site crash. I’m going to start with that before talking about our path to the trophy.
So: is it a good list?
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On next Monday, November 7th, Tite will announce the 26 players who will make up Brazil’s squad at the World Cup in Qatar. This is my attempt to figure out where his head is at, examine Brazil’s depth chart, and try and figure out who he’s actually going to pick.
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