Rio de Janeiro (EFE).- Carlo Ancelotti, Brazil’s coach, led this Monday the first training session of the Brazilian national team that will face Chile and Bolivia in their last two matches for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
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In the first of the three training sessions that the Canarinha will have before receiving Chile on Thursday at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the Italian coach had 19 of the 24 players called up for the two matches, of which three were reserved because they played for their clubs on Sunday. Brazil awaits Raphinha, Martinelli, and Alisson in Teresópolis The still-expected call-ups are attackers Raphinha (Barcelona-ESP) and Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal-GBR), goalkeeper Alisson (Liverpool-GBR) and defenders Caio Henrique (Monaco-FRA) and Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal-GBR). Brazilians have been concentrated since this Monday at Granja Comary, the modern training center that the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has in Teresópolis, a mountain city about 100 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro. Antonio LacerdaBrazil will train in Teresópolis until Monday, September 8, when they will travel to La Paz for the match the following day against Bolivia in El Alto. The first to show up at the gathering were the young forward Estêvão, player for the English Chelsea, and defender Marquinhos, from French PSG, who arrived the day before at Granja Comary, even before the selection’s technical commission with Ancelotti at the head did so on Sunday night.
Ancelotti rests players and tries new options
In the first training session, Ancelotti rested Jean Lucas, Lucas Paquetá, and Samuel Lino because they played with their clubs on Sunday.
