Brazil's national football team head coach Dunga announced on
Monday the list with 22 players for a game on December 9, which
will serve as a test to draft the team for the qualifying
tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The squad will rely exclusively on athletes aged under 23, who
will play a team comprised of the players from the 2007 Brazilian
soccer league.
"It is up to them to show their potential and that they are
ready to wear the national team's jersey," stressed Dunga.
The roster includes: goalkeepers Felipe (Santos) and Renan
(Internacional); defenders Breno (Sao Paulo), Leandro Almeida
(Atletico-MG), Leo (Gremio) and Rodolpho (Atletico-PR); wingbacks
Apodi (Vitoria), Leonardo (Portuguesa), Nei (Atletico-PR) and
Valmir (Palmeiras); midfielders Charles (Cruzeiro), Maycon
(Internacional), Ramires (Cruzeiro), Toro (Flamengo), Diego Souza
(Gremio), Pedro Ken (Coritiba), Thiago Neves (Fluminense) and
Wagner (Cruzeiro); strikers Alexandre Pato (Italy's Milan), Diogo
(Portuguesa), Keirrison (Coritiba) and Pedro Oldoni
(Atletico-PR).
The Olympic national team will gather on December 4 to
participate in practices to be held at the Joao Havelange
Stadium.
(Xinhua News Agency November 27, 2007)