The Brazilian team carried out a new training session this Wednesday to prepare for Friday's game in Rio de Janeiro with chili by quarterfinals of the America Cup, in which the Brazilian coach, Adenor Leonardo Bacchi ‘Tite’, he hid his possible starting team.
The coach only authorized the internet transmission of the first minutes of training, in which the players only performed warm-up exercises, and requested the interruption of the signal when he was about to divide his team between the possible starters and the reserves to work tactical options.
With the prohibition of the entry of the press to the Comary Farm, the modern training center that Brazil has in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, as a preventive measure against the covid pandemic, access to practices is limited to the few minutes of images broadcast daily by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Today's images at least made it possible to establish that Tite had 23 of his 24 summoned available in training, since the left-back Renan Lodi (Atlético de Madrid), who suffered a “strong trauma” in the hip in the game Sunday with Ecuador, he went to the field but only to perform a differentiated exercise separate from his teammates.
The technical committee of the selection abstained from excluding the side from the summoned list and calling a substitute, but his presence in Friday's game is unlikely since Lodi is still under the care of physiotherapists and so far he has not participated in any training.
On the contrary, today if they were present in practice, without any restriction, the defenders Éder Militao (Real Madrid) and Léo Ortiz (Bragantino), who did not participate in Tuesday's training, the first because it was reserved to play three of the four matches of Brazil in the Copa América, and the second because he only joined the team the day before.
Despite the fact that Tite used almost all of his summoned in the first four matches of the Copa América – the only exception was defender Felipe who had to be called off due to injury – since he wanted to test players and tactical options, most likely to the game with Chile returns to use the title that it considers ideal.
This is because after three victories (3-0 over Venezuela, 4-0 over Peru and 2-1 over Colombia), Canarinha gave up a 1-1 draw on Sunday in what was their worst presentation and in which they used several of his alternate theorists.
In the event that it chooses to send the team that was used in the qualifying rounds for the World Cup in Qatar, in which they accumulate six victories, onto the field, Brazil will have Alisson in goal and a defensive quartet with Emerson, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva and Alex Sandro.
In the center would be Casemiro, Everton Ribeiro and Fred, and in the front Neymar, Gabriel Jesús and Richarlison.
The big question is whether Tite will return to align Neymar more behind, as a creative in the place of Everton Ribeiro, to be able to use another offensive trio, in which Roberto Firminho or Gabriel Barbosa “Gabigol” would enter, or if he keeps the Flamengo midfielder as the main constructor.
Brazil, which advanced to the quarters as the first in Group B, will return to training on Thursday at Granja Comary before traveling in the afternoon to Rio de Janeiro, where Chile landed this Wednesday, which was the fourth in Group A of the Copa América.
Friday's match at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro will measure the winners of the last three editions of the Copa América, as Chile was the champion in 2015 and 2016, and Brazil in 2019, when it was also the host.
The winner of this match will be measured in the semifinals to the winner of the quarterfinal duel between Peru and Paraguay.