Brazil Announces the Olympic Squad

By: Bruno Romani | July 7th, 2008
   

Dunga has just annonced the 18 players who will fight for the only title we don’t have. Counting very little with the collaboration of European clubs, the 3 players over 23 are: Ronaldinho, Robinho and defender Thiago Silva. As usual, very few players who play in Brazil. Watch out because this tournament smells like the last one of the Dunga era.

They are:

GOALKEEPERS:
Diego Alves (Almería)
Renan (Internacional)

SIDEBACKS:
Rafinha (Schalke)
Ilsinho (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Marcelo (Real Madrid)

DEFENDERS:
Breno (Bayern de Munique)
Alex Silva (São Paulo)
Thiago Silva (Fluminense)

MIDFIELDERS:
Anderson (Manchester United)
Lucas (Liverpool)
Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Barcelona)
Diego (Werder Bremen)
Hernanes (São Paulo)
Thiago Neves (Fluminense)

FORWARDS:
Alexandre Pato (Milan)
Jô (Manchester City)
Rafael Sobis (Bétis)
Robinho (Real Madrid)


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  • jzlim11 |  July 7th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

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    only the gold medal will save Dunga’s life. With Ronaldinho and Robinho in the team the China’s Night Clubs definitely are welcoming them.

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  • frem |  July 7th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

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    —————alves————
    rafinha—-breno—a.silva——marcelo
    ————–lucas——————–
    ———-diego—-anderson————–
    ronaldinho———————robinho–
    —————pato——————–

    not a bad line up, not as strong as argentina.

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  • cibele |  July 8th, 2008 at 5:15 am

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    Baby, this is not the lineup. Hernanes probably is going to be in the main team, so is Thiago Neves.

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  • Bruno Romani |  July 8th, 2008 at 6:17 am

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    agreed cibele.

    my lineup

    Alves

    Ilsinho
    Breno
    Thiago Silva
    Marcelo

    Lucas
    Hernanes
    Thiago Neves
    Ronaldinho

    Robinho
    Pato

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  • pitacodogringo |  July 10th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

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    Ronaldinho will probably miss the tournament. i wonder who else will drop out before the squad has to be finalised?

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  • Bruno Romani |  July 10th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

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    honestly gringo,

    im tired of this BS. european clubs can go f#ck themselves. I will write a post on that.

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  • Sexton Blake |  July 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

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    Really looking forward to seeing how Hernanes & Thiago Neves perform on the big stage: from the clips I’ve seen (and, of course, one should never pay attention to them!)they look far more ‘Brazilian’ than the turgid Gilberto-esque midfielders Dunga seems to have favoured so far…and what chance Anderson coming of age in the tournament?

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  • Sexton Blake |  July 14th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

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    …oh, and can someone please explain why Rafael Sobis is in the squad? Surely there is a more talented forward than this mediocre player somewhere in Brazil? Diogo? Guilherme?

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  • Bruno Romani |  July 14th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

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    sobis is leaving out of the good copa libertadores he had in 2006 with inter.

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  • waleed adem |  July 15th, 2008 at 7:12 am

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    maybe argentina are strong but i bilive we have the best squad so we will win it i hope dunga of after this
    and ronaldinho is coming back blive me

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