Dunga reveals Brazil team to Face Mexico

The coach confirmed that Fred, Coutinho and Dieg
Tardelli are all set to start on Sunday while Thiago
SIlva will return to the bench
Brazil coach Dunga has confirmed that Shakhtar
Donetsk midfielder Fred and Shandong Luneng
striker Diego Tardelli will start the Selecao’s
Chevrolet Brasil Global Tour clash with Mexico.
The five-time world champions meet their North
American counterparts at Allianz Parque in Sao
Paulo on Sunday in the first match Brazil will play

on home soil since last year’s World Cup.
Santos forward Robinho has been ruled out of the
game after picking up a knee injury in training this
week.
Manchester City’s Fernandinho is also a doubt
after limping out of Saturday’s session, and Dung
has lined up Real Madrid’s Casemiro as a potenti
replacement.
"The team will be the one that you have already
seen training,” Dunga told a press conference.
“We have trained all week, and I will not change
the team one day before the game."
Asked about the fact that he had trained at Comar
Granja with only nine outfield players, Dunga
confirmed Fred will join the starting XI on Sunday.
"Good, that means you are paying attention,”
laughed Dunga. “It's Fred," he added.
Brazil will also be without Oscar and Luiz Gustavo
who will both miss this month’s Copa America
through injury, while Neymar is yet to join the
squad after competing in the Champions League
final for Barcelona on Saturday.
"That's part of football,” continued Dunga.
“It gives a chance to other players, we have great
competition for places. It's always good to have
opportunities to test new players ahead of the Cop
America.”
Diego Tardelli will lead the attack, returning to
replace Roberto Firmino after a four-game
absence.
Liverpool’s Philippe Coutinho will be given a
chance to prove he can fill Oscar’s boots in Chile,
while Paris Saint-Germain’s Thiago Silva returns
to the bench and will be replaced in the back-four
by club-mate David Luiz who missed March’s
victories over France and Chile through injury.
Fred will join Elias and Fernandinho, or Casemiro,
in a midfield that looks set to facilitate a change i
shape from 4-2-3-1 to 4-3-3/4-5-1.
Brazil XI to face Mexico: Jefferson; Danilo Miranda
David Luiz and Filipe Luis; Fernandinho (Casemiro
Elias and Fred; Philippe Coutinho, Willian; Diego
Tardelli