Ederson removes Alisson's job from Brazil

The Brazil coach, Adenor Leonardo Bacchi 'Tite', announced this Thursday by surprise that the starting goalkeeper for the game against Venezuela of the South American qualifiers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup it will be Ederson from Manchester City instead of Alisson, until now the owner of the Canarinha arch.

The unexpected change is by technical decision and it was communicated by Tite himself at the press conference prior to the confrontation against Vinotinto tomorrow, Friday, at the Morumbí stadium in Sao Paulo.

“Ederson is the starting goalkeeper“said Tite before concluding his appearance before the media, at the Comary Farm, the high-performance center of the Brazilian Confederation (CBF), located about a hundred kilometers from Rio de Janeiro.

Alisson, 28, He is the starting goalkeeper of English Liverpool and so far he was also of Canarinha, with which he played the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2019 America Cup, where he demonstrated, in this last tournament, a very high level and helped the team to lift the title.

However, missed the start of the qualifiers against Bolivia and Peru due to a shoulder injury, and in his place came precisely Ederson, who was a substitute in those two games.

“We have three great goalkeepers”, Tite stressed, referring to Ederson, Alisson and Weverton, the three archers summoned for these two rounds of the South American qualifiers against Venezuela and Uruguay.

“Weverton comes off a very good streak with PalmeirasHe played two very good games (in the first two games against Bolivia and Peru) and I said that to all three personally, “he completed.

De Alisson said that he is an “excellent goalkeeper”, but Ederson “is going through a great technical and physical moment”, and for that reason he will start against the team led by the Portuguese José Peseiro. “We do not judge who is the best,” Tite said to justify his decision.

Gabriel Menino, positive for coronavirus

Midfielder Gabriel Menino, who was part of the Brazilian call for the South American qualifying matches of the Qatar 2022 World Cup against Venezuela and Uruguay, He tested positive for COVID-19 and was removed from the group.

This was announced this Friday by the Canarinha doctor, Rodrigo Lasmar, who reported that the rest of the cast and members of the technical commission tested negative for coronavirus.

Menino, 20 years old, is “asymptomatic” and was “isolated” to avoid an outbreak of infections within the Brazilian delegation.

Shortly before his positive was known, the young Palmeiras footballer he had exercised normally in Rio de Janeiro with the rest of his teammates in the last training session before traveling to Sao Paulo for Friday's game against Venezuela.

Lasmar reported that have strengthened biosecurity measures, such as social distancing, the use of a mask and alcohol gel, and that they will carry out a new battery of tests before traveling to Montevideo, where they will play next Tuesday with the Uruguayan team.

The low of Menino joins those of Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), Fabinho (Liverpool), Rodrigo Caio (Flamengo), Casemiro Y Éder Militao (Real Madrid), the latter two also with covid-19, although in their case they did not travel to Brazil.

Brazil leads the World Cup qualifiers with six points, the same as Argentina, but with better goal difference, after beating Bolivia 5-0 and Peru 2-4 in the first two days.