This Sunday, Ghana became the first African nation to get a ticket for South Africa. The
qualification came after a 2-0 victory over Sudan with goals by Sulley Muntari and Michael Essien.
The other nations already in the cup are Brazil, Holland, Australia, South Korea, North Korea,
Japan and the hosts South Africa.
With the suspension of Kaka, Lucio, Luis Fabiano and Ramires and the injury of Robinho, Dunga
called for the match against Chile four players who play in Brazil it is important to remember that
those playing overseas could not be called because of the rules that FIFA has. With that, Dunga
called defender Andre Dias (Sao Paulo), midfielder Cleiton Xavier (Palmeiras) and forwards Diego
Tardelli (Atletico-MG) and Diego Souza (Palmeiras).
The day was busy. Many important matches going on at the same time and some countries can
already rest assured to be visiting South Africa next June. The happy faces of the day? Paraguay,
Spain and England.
Paraguay played in style and beat Argentina to give the hermanos more headache.
With Brazil qualified to the World Cup, the match against Chile was going to be important for 2
reasons: 1)add another victory to the incredible sequence of 18 undefeated matches; 2) test new
players to join the group of 23 going to South Africa.
For that, Brazil came with the following formation: Júlio César; Maicon, Luisão, Miranda,
André Santos; Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Daniel Alves, Júlio Baptista; Nilmar, Adriano.
The two surprises of the call for the last two games of the world cup qualifying are the return
of defender Naldo and midfielder Alex, ex-Inter. I'm very pleased about the latter. It is also cool
to see that Diego Souza from Palmeiras stayed. The list:
Goalies
Julio César (Inter de Milão)
Victor (Grêmio)
Side-backs
Maicon (Inter de Milão)
Daniel Alves (Barcelona)
André Santos (Fenerbahçe)
Filipe Luis (La Coruña)
Center-backs
Lucio (Inter de Milão)
Luisão (Benfica)
Juan (Roma)
Miranda (São Paulo)
Naldo (Werder Bremen)
Midfielders
Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos)
Josué (Wolfsburg)
Lucas (Liverpool)
Kaká (Real Madrid)
Ramires (Benfica)
Elano (Galatasaray)
Sandro (Internacional)
Alex (Spartak Moscou)
Diego Souza (Palmeiras)
Forwards
Nilmar (Villarreal)
Adriano (Flamengo)
Luis Fabiano (Sevilla)
Diego Tardelli (Atlético-MG)
