Coach keeping lineup secret Tite Took command of this Wednesday’s final training brazilian team In preparation for the game against Chile, this Thursday, by 2022 World Cup South American Qualifiers. As he did on Tuesday, the coach did not say who would open the match scheduled for Santiago.
Part of the activity this morning in CT Dr. Joaquim Greva, was broadcast live on the channel. CBF on Youtube. However, it only included a warm-up of about 20 minutes. It was not possible to see the team that Tite had sketched collectively. Due to the pandemic the press still cannot follow the training of the national team and clubs in Loko.
This was only the second training session with the entire group at the Corinthians CT in So Paulo. In the second, only ten players were in line as most of them were doing physical recovery work. and on Tuesday, With the arrival of Neymar and Marquinhos, Tite was able to guide the first full workout.
After the activity, the coach will hold a press conference at around 1 pm. Then, the delegation will proceed to Santiago, where they will face the Chilean team in the 9th round of the qualifiers. The match is scheduled for 22:00 (GMT) at the Memorial Stadium in Santiago.
One of the possible formations for selection this Thursday will be Waverton; Danilo, Eder Militao, Marquinhos and Alex Sandro; Casemiro, Bruno Guimaraes and Lucas Paqueta; Neymar, Gabriel Barbosa and Matthias Cunha.
Tite has 24 players in the current group, although they have called 35, adding to the original list and an additional nine athletes. These were called because of the decision of English clubs not to release players in countries included in the United Kingdom’s “Red List” due to the pandemic.
Thus, nine athletes who play in English football did not appear for the Brazilian team as well as Matthias Nunes, who also has Portuguese citizenship and should be called up by the European country’s national team in the future.
On this FIFA date, three games will be played for the selection qualifiers, one of them delayed by the sixth round. After touring Chile, Brazil will welcome Argentina at the Neo Quimica Arena in So Paulo on Sunday. and Peru, on the 9th at Arena Pernambuco.