{"id":198814,"date":"2025-10-03T05:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/198814\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:24:07","slug":"ancelotti-explains-decision-to-call-up-real-madrid-stars-to-brazil-squad-can-contribute-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/198814\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancelotti explains decision to call up Real Madrid stars to Brazil squad &#8211; &#8216;Can contribute a lot&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti announced the squad list of players called up for their upcoming fixtures this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Selecao are scheduled to play two friendlies in Asia, against South Korea and Japan, and Ancelotti decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/madriduniversal.com\/official-three-real-madrid-stars-named-in-brazil-squad-by-ancelotti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">recall the Real Madrid trio of Rodrygo Goes, Eder Militao, and Vinicius Jr.<\/a> after having left them out during last month\u2019s international break.<\/p>\n<p>While Vinicius was always expected to be called up, given his importance in the Brazil setup, there had been question marks over Rodrygo\u2019s spot, particularly given his disappointing returns over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Ancelotti on Rodrygo, Militao<\/p>\n<p>However, explaining his decision to include the 24-year-old attacker in the squad, Ancelotti stated that he believes Rodrygo can be a very important player for Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s doing very well right now. He doesn\u2019t play much, but he\u2019s doing well, in good physical condition. He\u2019s a very important player for this national team,\u201d said Ancelotti, as quoted by <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/internacional\/ancelotti-elige-a-casemiro-como-capitan-de-brasil-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/brazil-v-peru-fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifier-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Rodrygo, Real Madrid and Brazil player\" class=\"wp-image-72910\"  \/>Back in the Brazil setup. (Photo by Wagner Meier\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a forward who can play in all positions, and I think he can contribute a lot to the national team. Everyone knows Rodrygo. Last season he had some problems that he overcame, and now he\u2019s very motivated. I want to see him here with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Militao, the centre-back picked up a minor ankle injury last weekend against Atletico Madrid and ended up missing the UEFA Champions League clash against Kairat Almaty this past Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Ancelotti decided to call up the Real Madrid defender to the Brazil squad and confirmed that the player\u2019s issue was only a knock and he would be fit soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a problem in the last match, a knock, but the national team\u2019s medical committee and Real Madrid are in contact. I spoke with him, and if he\u2019s okay and has no problems, I\u2019d like him to be with us,\u201d confirmed Ancelotti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Wednesday night, Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti announced the squad list of players called up for their upcoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[941,87204,28241,4898,31643,22267,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-198814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-brazil","9":"tag-carlo-ancelotti","10":"tag-eder-militao","11":"tag-real-madrid","12":"tag-real-madrid-news","13":"tag-rodrygo","14":"tag-soccer","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}