Ace Brazilian attacking midfielder Ronaldinho will again be seen running for his national team though in a friendlier against England at Wembley. The match is a part of English FA’s 150th year celebrations; hence it presumes to be a high profile match between two best soccer teams of contemporary football. Brazil’s reappointed coach Luiz Felipe Scolari announced the list for February 6 clash that includes many newcomers. Ronaldinho, 32, has not played any match for his national team since last one year; hence his much waited comeback will be an eye treat for his fans in England. The career of Ronaldinho has been filled with ups and downs; he was at the peak of his career during 2004 when he won player of the year award, but since then his cold performances led him down, and everybody blamed his partying lifestyle for his lost grip over football. Later, he shifted to AC Milan and then to Flamengo during 2011, but eventually never came in the new for any of his brilliant match performances.
Apart from Ronaldinho, there are other Brazilian stars who will eventually come out of the cold during the celebration match. Moreover, English fans will enjoy best of the both worlds when Santos forward Neymar, Barcelona duo Daniel Alves and Adriano along with QPR goalkeeper Julio Cesar will be seen playing for their nation together – probably for the first time. Brazil national team manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, who is serving his second spell with Brazilian national team took Brazil to their 2002 world cup title win, is the main force behind all these old-day’s high profile names in the squad for the exhibiter, and interestingly; he left out Kaka and gave a chance to striker Luis Fabiano. Looks like, he is building a strong platform to build a team that could bring back world cup title for Brazil.
Here is the complete list of probable 20 players named for the match:
Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar (Queens Park Rangers, England), Diego Alves (Valencia, Spain)
Defenders: Daniel Alves (Barcelona, Spain), Adriano (Barcelona, Spain), David Luiz (Chelsea, England), Dante (Bayern Munich, Germany), Leandro Castan (AS Roma, Italy), Miranda (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
Midfielders: Ramires (Chelsea, England), Arouca (Santos), Paulinho (Corinthians), Hernanes (Lazio, Italy), Oscar (Chelsea, England)
Forwards: Hulk (Zenit St Petersburg, Russia), Neymar (Santos), Ronaldinho (Atletico Mineiro), Lucas (Paris St Germain), Fred (Fluminense), Luis Fabiano (Sao Paulo)