The Brazilian soccer team that will defend in the Games
Olympics of Tokyo 2020 the gold that was hung in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 convened this Wednesday to Malcom, midfielder of Zenith, to replace Douglas
August, steering wheel PAOK Greek and that he was called off due to injury.
Alves and Richarlison, main figures
Malcom, whose call was announced by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in a statement, will reinforce the team led by the coach André
Jardine and that has the veteran defender Dani
Alves and with the attacker Richarlison as the main figures.
Malcom, 24 years old and former player of the FC
Barcelona, was on the initial list of summoned Brazil for the Games
Olympics, but had to be called off because the Zenith did not release him.
His release came at the request of the Brazilian Soccer Confederation after Jardine exclude from his list of summoned Douglas
August for a left leg injury.
Will play the Russian Super Cup
Although the Brazilian team has been training in Serbia since Monday, the midfielder will join his teammates on July 18 directly in Tokyo due to the fact that the Zenith He will use it in next Saturday's game against him Lokomotiv of the Super Cup
from
Russia.
Malcom, former club player like Corinthians, Barcelona Y Bordeaux, completed 50 games last Sunday with the Zenith.
The creative has been called up for different friendlies of the Olympic team and has already been taken into account in two games, also friendly, of the senior team of Brazil.
The Brazilian Olympic team will meet on Thursday in a friendly a Emirates
Arabs in Belgrade in their last preparatory match before the Games
Olympics. The team will travel to Japan on Friday.
Final reissue
Brazil, paired in the Group
D, will debut in Tokyo on July 22 in Yokohama in front of Germany, precisely the rival he beat in the final of Rio de Janeiro 2016. Then he will face Coast
from
Ivory on July 25 in Yokohama and Arabia
Saudi on July 28 in Saitama.
In Japan, Brazil will try to reissue the gold medal he won in the Games
Olympics of Rio de Janeiro 2016, the first achieved by the award-winning soccer of the country.