World Cup qual - Brazil overlook Ronaldinho, Ronaldo

Eurosport - Thu, 21 May 21:11:00 2009

Out-of-form Ronaldinho has been left out of Brazil's squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers and the Confederations Cup.

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Striker Ronaldo, who has not played for his country since the last World Cup, was also overlooked despite a promising start to his latest comeback with Corinthians.

Brazil face Uruguay in Montevideo on June 6 and host Paraguay in Recife four days later.

Ronaldinho has failed to settle at Milan since his move from Barcelona last year and has recently been mostly confined to the bench.

The playmaker was substituted by Brazil in their World Cup qualifier in Ecuador last March after one of his worst performances at international level and found himself among the substitutes for the following game at home to Peru.

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur), Victor (Gremio)

Defenders: Maicon (Inter Milan), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Alex (Chelsea), Juan (Roma), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Kleber (Internacional), Andre Santos (Corinthians).

Midfielders: Anderson (Manchester United), Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Josue (VfL Wolfsburg), Ramires (Cruzeiro), Elano (Manchester City), Felipe Melo (Fiorentina), Julio Baptista (Roma), Kaka (Milan)

Forwards: Alexandre Pato (Milan), Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), Nilmar (Internacional), Robinho (Manchester City).

Reuters

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  1. Dunga is a well qualified coach.I question his­ decisions on excluding players like Ronaldinho but i­ know it's not personal.Força Dunga

    From hepundjua, on Thu 3 Sep 9:51PM

  2. wheres marcelo??

    From benadi, on Tue 9 Jun 2:48AM

  3. the bad spell will be over for ronaldinho soon. and the­ ball will come back to his feet, kaka is leaving milan­ so he has exclusive duty to roam the midfield please­ get your fitness back dinho and ask leornado to sign­ Eto,o your pin man. all the best

    From Phobia, on Thu 4 Jun 3:59PM

  4. do you really wanna pick out of form and only walk on­ the field for world cup qualify?ronaldinho was the best­ 7 years ago but the last few years he was slow down and­ that is why barca let him go,brasil still good without­ boh of them fat old players anyway!!!

    From TROJAN_HORSE_DICK_GLORY, on Sat 23 May 9:14PM

  5. Anderson dont start for manchester either? Ronaldinho­ is still the player who have been awarded worlds best­ player. And one player who deserved to be on the squad­ list is Vagner Love :)

    From vitalydutchak1, on Fri 22 May 4:52PM

  6. It's sad that the great Ronaldo 9 and our skillful­ Ronaldinho are failing to make it into the Brazilian­ national team. i still respect these guys and hope to­ watch them play once again in (yellow and blue). Come­ on guys, you have the abilities to play for Brazil­ again. Let's see the comeback especially Ronaldo­ who is my best footballer ever. He has made great­ comebacks before and i have been waiting for one more­ come back. Ronaldo, the phenomenon, greatest of them­ all!!!!! Brighton from Zimbabwe.

    From brighton, on Fri 22 May 4:03PM

  7. pkw.wilson well said the key words of Manchester United­ might be why it is on the Man Utd page!

    From james b, on Fri 22 May 2:01PM

  8. This article is on the Man Utd page because of the­ words "Midfielders: Anderson (Manchester­ United)" Nothing to do with Ronaldo!

    From pkw.wilson, on Fri 22 May 11:34AM

  9. a weak side that will thoroughly crush England and­ france combine

    From rommel, on Fri 22 May 8:14AM

  10. @ 1 - thats the same side with the exception of no­ Adriano and Ronaldinho for Nilmar and Ramirez that­ Dunga has been picking for a long time... the exactly­ same side the crushed Portugal 6-0.. and killed Italy­ 2-0

    it seems to me that leaving ronaldinho out is only­ right.. hes a bench warmer at Milan.. and everyone­ knows Dunga doesnt pick somebody thats not playing­ regularly

    From Dada BRZ, on Fri 22 May 2:47AM

  11. I don`t understan Dunga , he should pick ronaldinho to­ the squad.He is great player..what i can`t say about­ ronaldo,because he is too old ..

    From donidonny, on Thu 21 May 11:04PM

  12. no.2aint you correct.M.U.F.C

    From jamie, on Thu 21 May 10:36PM

  13. is Lucio not like 110 yrs old by now?

    From Tom, on Thu 21 May 10:30PM

  14. This article is on Man Utds page because of key-word­ 'Ronaldo' just goes to show how poorly run­ these boards are.

    From Wigan Babe xxx, on Thu 21 May 10:22PM

  15. to be honest that sounds like a rather weak brazil­ side.

    From Tom, on Thu 21 May 10:14PM
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