Itās time for Brazil to get back on track and move on after a frustrating ending to the 2021 Copa America. La Verde-amarela are ruling in the 2022 World Cup Qualifiers standings and want to continue on that way. But this international window will be challenging for them as theyāll miss several starters, including Richarlison.
Titeās team has been flying since the South American Qualifying began, remaining unbeaten after six games and taking control of the table. But between the last fixture and this one they suffered a major blow when Argentina beat them in the continental cup final.
The U23s then redeemed the national team by claiming Olympic glory in Tokyo 2020,a campaign in which Evertonstar Richarlison shone. Unfortunately, the striker will miss the upcoming games.
Why was Richarlison not called up by Brazil?
The reason why Richarlison wonāt play for Brazil in this international break is quite simple, the Premier League clubs decided not to release their playersthis time. Their controversial decision was based on thenumber of games each player would miss as theyād have to comply with a 10-day quarantineand probably need more days of training before returning to action.
Brazil, therefore, are being left without several regular starters for this triple-fixture. Richarlisonhas established himself in Titeās starting eleven and has also been on fire in the Olympic Games, scoringfive goalsand providing an assistin sixgames.
Now, La Canarinha willtry to extend theirperfect streak and pick up from where they left off on Matchday 8, but it wonāt be easy. Besides Richarlison, theyāll miss Ederson, Alisson, Thiago Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Roberto Firmino,among many others.
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