[Glass Moon]

The eighteen men selected by coach Dunga are:

Goalkeepers: Diego Alves (Almería/SPA), Renan (Internacional/BRA)

Fullbacks: Ilsinho (Shakhtar Donetsk/UCR), Rafinha (Schalke 04/GER), Marcelo (Real Madrid/SPA)

Centerbacks: Alex Silva (São Paulo/BRA), Breno (Bayern Munich/GER), Thiago Silva* (Fluminense/BRA)

Midfielders: Anderson (Manchester United/ENG), Hernanes (São Paulo/BRA), Lucas (Liverpool/ENG), Ronaldinho* (Barcelona/SPA), Diego (Werder Bremen/GER), Thiago Neves (Fluminense/BRA)

Forwards: Alexandre Pato (AC Milan/ITA), Jô (Manchester City/ENG), Rafael Sóbis (Real Bétis/SPA), Robinho* (Real Madrid/SPA)

* = overaged players

[tomwilhelm]

Brazil looks pretty serious about winning the gold...

[vancity eagle]

Originally Posted by tomwilhelm

Brazil looks pretty serious about winning the gold...

it's the only tournament they haven't won, they had a better team in 1996 but we all know what happened. :

[Glass Moon]

It will be very difficult since we will only start training on July 22, and most of these players will play together for the first time.

[Cool Rob]

Originally Posted by tomwilhelm

Brazil looks pretty serious about winning the gold...

They better be serious- Argentina's team is no joke...and they have a great history in the competition building off their great youth teams. Argentina is sick for a olympic team: Messi, Aguero, Riquelme, Macherano, Gago, Burdisso...

[VCFan]

Diego and Rafinha have been denied permission by their clubs to participate in the Olympics.

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.a...enutoId=768559

[tomwilhelm]

Originally Posted by Cool Rob

They better be serious- Argentina's team is no joke...and they have a great history in the competition building off their great youth teams. Argentina is sick for a olympic team: Messi, Aguero, Riquelme, Macherano, Gago, Burdisso...

No doubt.

And while of course surprises are pretty common at this competition, it's interesting (and perhaps unfortunate) that if both Brazil and Argentina win their respective groups and quarterfinals, they would play each other in the semis, not the final.

[Campioni_2006]

Originally Posted by VCFan

Diego and Rafinha have been denied permission by their clubs to participate in the Olympics.

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.a...enutoId=768559

Looks like Ronaldinho has also been blocked by Barca.

[FNU]

Originally Posted by Campioni_2006

Looks like Ronaldinho has also been blocked by Barca.

You sure it wasn't his belly? lol

[Chuchi]

Will Brazil play any friendly game? When?

Thanks.