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SAO PAULO (AP) — Striker Robinho is back with Brazil's national team for the first time since being left out of the World Cup.
Coach Dunga called him up on Sunday for Brazil's friendlies against Colombia and Ecuador next month to replace injured Zenit striker Hulk, who hurt a leg muscle in a Russian league match.
The 30-year-old Robinho hadn't made the national team since being summoned by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari for friendlies in late 2013.
Despite playing well in the matches against Honduras and Chile at the time, he was left out of the squad that finished fourth at the home World Cup in July.
Robinho was a starter in the 2010 World Cup under the command of Dunga in the coach's first stint at the helm of the national team, but was left out of his initial list for the upcoming friendlies.
Robinho has been playing well and scoring goals since returning to Brazilian club Santos this month on a one-year loan from Italy's AC Milan. He recently missed a few games because of a muscle injury but recovered fully.
Robinho has been saying his main career goal is to keep playing for the Selecao.
Dunga replaced Scolari after this year's tournament, when Brazil fell 7-1 to Germany in the semifinals and lost 3-0 to the Netherlands in the third place match.
Brazil will play Colombia on Friday in Miami and Ecuador on Sept. 9 in New Jersey.
Dunga on Sunday had already summoned Real Madrid left back Marcelo to replace injured FC Porto defender Alex Sandro, who hurt his left thigh in his team's 2-0 win over Lille in the Champions League playoff last week.
Marcelo will be one of the 10 players called up by Dunga who were in the 2014 World Cup squad coached by Scolari.
douglaking wrote:Don't you support Spain? Halfdead?
Halfbreed07 wrote:douglaking wrote:Don't you support Spain? Halfdead?
and?
Dont you support ManU?
douglaking wrote:Halfbreed07 wrote:douglaking wrote:Don't you support Spain? Halfdead?
and?
Dont you support ManU?
Expected response from a barca/Spain supporter didn't you all get beat up 7 recently?
And..Spain . Destroyed by Netherlands...
Mark! wrote:I give this thread 3 international breaks before this punk forgets it. Then will start a hype and bump it up in excitement around Euros....only to get a huge shocker
Ronaldo95163 wrote:fari feeling big cuz e team finally geh dey 4th star
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The Brazilian Football Confederation wants to start fresh with their fans, hoping the reigning World Champion accept the meeting.
After their below average performance in the World Cup they hosted, Brazil's "Canarinha" wants to renew their fans' faith. And what better way to redeem themselves than having a friendly match against the squad that thrashed them at their home country. At least that's what CBF's president Jose Maria Marín thinks:
"We want to play a friendly match against Germany, so that we can forget about what happened back then. It's a way to exorcize our demons, turning the page over and start fresh. We could go to their country if they like, we are truly interested in meeting with them again," Marin told reporters.
Brazil lost 7-1 against Germany in the semifinal match for World Cup 2014, adding up to the pressure fans and media exercised on former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who resigned from the job as soon as the tournament ended. Marin went on about the Brazilian team's performance during the World Cup, apologizing for their "embarrassing" fourth place:
"There's no doubt about our performance, we were truly disappointing. We will have another opportunity at home when we host the Olympic Games, and our goal should be to try to make things better for our fans, after what they endured last summer," Marin stated.
The match, if possible, would have to be held next year, given that both national teams have already booked other friendly matches this year.
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