World Cup - Aurelio recalled by Brazil

Eurosport - Tue, 27 Oct 15:06:00 2009

Liverpool wing back Fabio Aurelio has been recalled by Brazil for the Middle East friendlies against England and Oman next month.

FOOTBALL Fabio Aurelio Liverpool - 0

Coach Dunga named a 24-man squad made up entirely of European-based players so as not to disrupt local clubs in the run-in to the Brazilian championship.

Strike pair Carlos Eduardo (Hoffenheim) and Hulk (Porto) and full back Michel Bastos of Lyon have been called up for the first time.

"It's an option of ours to bring in players with other characteristics to see how they're going to fit in to the national team," Dunga told a news conference.

The 30-year-old Fabio Aurelio has no senior caps but played for Brazil at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 before his move to Europe to join former club Valencia.

"He's a player who knows how to mark, he's accustomed to European football. We spoke to him some time back about a call-up but he was injured and we couldn't pick him. Now we're going to give him that chance," Dunga said.

Manchester City forward Robinho, who has not played since suffering an ankle injury during Brazil's 3-1 win over Argentina on September 5, was included despite having only just recovered.

"He has recovered, we've spoken to him. We're going to take him to (to the friendlies) to give him the chance to accelerate his return to the pitch," said Dunga.

Brazil and England, who have both qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, meet in Doha on November 14 before Dunga's men take on Oman in Muscat three days later.

The Brazilians have had a successful year, winning the Confederations Cup in South Africa and the South American World Cup qualifying group.

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Doni (Roma)

Defenders: Maicon (Inter Milan), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Fabio Aurelio (Liverpool), Michel Bastos (Lyon), Lucio (Inter Milan), Luisao (Benfica), Juan (AS Roma), Naldo (Werder Bremen)

Midfielders: Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), Elano (Galatasaray), Julio Baptista (Roma), Felipe Melo (Juventus), Josue (Wolfsburg), Lucas (Liverpool), Ramires (Benfica), Alex (CSKA Moscow), Kaka (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Robinho (Manchester City), Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), Nilmar (Villarreal), Hulk (Porto), Carlos Eduardo (Hoffenheim)

Reuters

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  1. I am so happy for aurelio,i have been waiting to see­ him wearing the jersey for long.
    i must watch the­ match.

    From neo_sound81, on Wed 28 Oct 5:00PM

  2. And to think that rafa got him for us on a free­ transfer, what a deal!!

    From yassine, on Wed 28 Oct 9:01AM

  3. aurelio is starting to get back to form jst as sweet a­ passer as alonso hes one of our match winners. dont get­ injured tho!!!

    From peter.mcaloon, on Wed 28 Oct 8:29AM

  4. Lucas doesn't deserve for a call up. Though he­ played well on Sunday. Generally he is a poor player.

    From lawrencekhaw, on Wed 28 Oct 3:41AM

  5. Well done Fabio...

    From Andrew, on Tue 27 Oct 7:02PM
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    Are Brazil that bad now???...I always thought they were­ a strong side,obviously not!!

    From chicken_liver_pixy, on Tue 27 Oct 5:59PM

  7. Well done Aurelio, you deserve it.

    From David, on Tue 27 Oct 3:44PM
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