Without Kaka and Ronaldinho Brazil in Confederations Cup

Without Kaka and Ronaldinho Brazil in Confederations Cup
Rio De Janeiro - Brazil hosts will be without Ronaldinho and Kaka in the Confederations Cup in Brazil. Because the coach Luiz Felipe Scolari would prefer to give opportunities to young players.

Manchester United defender Rafael and Chelsea midfielder Ramires, regular players of national team of the country in recent years, also will not appear. There was also no place for the former AC Milan striker Alexandre Pato.

Brazil will lose players like that will go down in a friendly match against England in Rio de Janeiro on June 2 and France in Belo Horizonte one week later.

Brazil supporters will expect at least down one of Kaka and Ronaldinho, who won the 2002 World Cup match Scolari led, in the eight-state competition and was held in Brazil in June.

Ronaldinho (33), whose favorite player was the inspiration in his club Atletico Mineiro, is also expected to appear but they do not have the right to give an opinion to the coach who is known by the nickname Big Phil's.

"We are going to lose players who lack experience, but we were most excited to bring it to the young players," Scolari told a news conference in front of reporters at sekitr 300 hotels in Rio de Janeiro.

"If there are no players in the team, then I'm concerned with his appearance. When he is in the team, I mean no worries about him," said the coach who nicknamed Big Phil's.

Scolari made it clear that all the players who will be deployed in the Confederations Cup tournament is the basis of the team that will go down in the next year's World Cup, when Brazil was trying to win the title for the sixth time in his own land.

Biggest surprise was the inclusion of 20-year-old striker player of Atletico Mineiro, Bernard, who once played internationally (cap).

Brazil will menghadapiJepang, Italy and Mexico in their group match.

Brazil squad:.

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Queens Park Rangers), Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense), Jefferson (Botafogo)

Defender: Rever (Atletico Mineiro), Thiago Silva (Paris St Germain), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Jean (Fluminense), Marcelo Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid)

Midfielder: Paulinho (Corinthians), Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich), Fernando (Gremio), Hernanes (Lazio), Oscar (Chelsea), Lucas (Paris St Germain)

Forwards: Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg), Bernard (Atletico Mineiro), Leandro Damiao (Internacional), Fred (Fluminense), Neymar (Santos), Jadson (Sao Paulo). (Ant)


Editor: Reky Kalumata