Neymar should return to the Brazilian national team, as Voetbal International Reports. On Thursday, Brazilian national coach Dorival Júnior announced the names of the players who will face Colombia and Argentina during the World Cup qualifications in just over two weeks. Igor Peaceão de Feyenoord made the preliminary selection but has now been abandoned.
Neymar was out of the Selecão for almost 17 months. The star of the national team fought against injuries in Al Hilal and fell into disgrace with Dorival and his predecessor Fernando Diniz. His last international match took place on October 18, 2023, when Brazil lost 2-0 against Uruguay.
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Earlier this year, he returned to the Santos childhood club, where he drew attention for the first time as the next great thing in his country. Despite the excitement, the Dorival coach put the brakes during the announcement.
“Do not define too high expectations and do not emphasize his return. Let’s go for balance and consistency in these two games. We don’t have to talk about what Neymar represents, but he is still on the way to his superior form. We have to understand this, but we also know what qualities he has. »»
As said, Igor Peaceão made the training team of this qualifying phase of the World Cup, but has just been put to the post by strong competition. The dynamic winger, who has also shown that he could play behind an attacker, has so far scored eight goals and helped 11 in 37 games of all skills this quarter.
Final selection of Brazil:
Goalkeeper: Alisson (Liverpool), Bento (Al-Nassr) and Ederson (Manchester City).
Defense: Danilo (Flamengo), Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal), Guilherme Araba (Atlético-MG), Léo Ortiz (Flamengo), Marquinhos (PSG), Murillo (Nottingham Forest), Vanderson (Monaco) and Wesley (Flamengo).
Middle: André (Wolverhampton), Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), Gerson (Flamengo), Jelinton (Newcastle), Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton) and Neymar (Santos).
Attack: Estevao (Palmeiras), João Pedro (Brighton), Raphinha (Barcelona), Roddrygo (Real Madrid), Savinho (Manchester City) and Vini Jr (Real Madrid).
