Brazil vs Venezuela: lineups, absences and refereeing of the playoffs |...

Venezuelans come from two defeats – 3-0 for Colombia away from home and 1-0 for Paraguay in Mérida. The Portuguese coach José Peseiro, hired in February, promises to leave more for the game.

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Streaming: TV Globo broadcasts the match with narration by Cléber Machado and comments by Casagrande and Caio Ribeiro. SporTV already shows the duel with narration by Luiz Carlos Jr. and comments by Paulo Vinícius Coelho and Júnior.

Real time: O give tracks bids from 8pm.

The confrontation history is very unbalanced. There are 25 games, with 21 wins from Brazil, three draws and one defeat (2-0, in a friendly match in 2008). Brazil scored 89 goals and conceded just eight.

There have already been four goals by 6-0 and other goals by 4-0 for Brazil – the biggest one was 7-0 in 1999. But there is a slightly less imbalance bias in recent years.

From the first confrontation in 1969 to 2000, there were 14 games and 67 goals scored by Brazil – an average of 4.78 per game. From Venezuela, two goals – 0.14.

Since 2000, there are 11 games, with 22 goals from Brazilians – average of two per game – and six of the Venezuelans – average of 0.54 per match.

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The Brazilian team goes to the field with four changes compared to the last game, against Peru.

Holder in the first rounds, Weverton leaves the team for the entry of Ederson, who won the Alisson dispute.

In the midfield, Casemiro and Philippe Coutinho were cut and will be replaced by Allan and Éverton Ribeiro.

Gabriel Jesus, who was out of the last round due to injury, takes the place of Neymar, who was cut after an examination last Thursday night pointing out that he would not recover in time from muscle injury to his left leg.

Probable Brazil squad: Ederson, Danilo, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva and Renan Lodi; Allan, Douglas Luiz and Everton Ribeiro; Gabriel Jesus, Roberto Firmino and Richarlison.

Embezzlement: There were seven cuts: Rodrigo Caio, Eder Militão, Casemiro, Fabinho and Philippe Coutinho were already off the list. Last Thursday, Brazil still lost Gabriel Menino, with Covid-19, and Neymar, who failed to recover in time.

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Lineup of the Brazilian team to face Venezuela – Photo: ge

The first Portuguese coach in the history of Venezuela called 29 players – he can only list 23 for the match – and trained less defensive formation to face Brazil. Among the highlights of the team, names that act in Brazilian football, such as the shirt 10 Savarino, from Atlético-MG, midfielder Otero, from Corinthians, and striker Soteldo, from Santos.

Probable escalation of Venezuela: Fariñez, Feltscher, Ángel, Chancellor, Rosales; Rincón, Herrera, Cásseres (Murilo), Otero (Savarino); Machís e Rondón (Soteldo).

Embezzlement: Striker Sergio Córdoba, of Arminia Bielefield, Germany, was not released by the club to travel.

Likely Venezuela squad to face the Brazilian team – Photo: ge

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• Referee: Juan Benítez (Paraguai)
• Assistants: Eduardo Cardozo and Milciades Saldivar (Paraguay)
• Fourth referee: Jose Mendez (Paraguay)
• Video referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)
• Video assistant: Derlis Lopez (Paraguay)