Brazil announce squad for friendly vs Germany 10 August 2011

Vasco centreback Dedé gets his first call up

Mano Menezes has called up 23 players for Brazil's outing against Germany in Stuttgart. Six of the Copa America squad have been left out: Adriano, Elano, Jadson, Jefferson, Luisão, Sandro (injured). They've been replaced by centreback Dedé (Vasco), midfielders Fernandinho (Shakhtar Dankest), Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich), Renato Augusto (Bayer Leverkusen) and Ralf (Corinthians); and forward  Jonas (Valencia).

Read the full article at Pitaco do gringo's Brazilian football blog.

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