Brazil will be chasing their first World Cup triumph in two decades when they take to the field in Qatar and we'll soon be finding out the 26 men tasked with getting them there.
The South American giants go into the 2022 tournament as the top-ranked team in the world and many of the names on the list of manager Tite will be household names playing for some of the biggest club teams in the world.
Tite's side has won seven straight matches heading into the tournament, and haven't lost any of their past 15 games.
But the fact remains that the lengthy World Cup drought will weigh on the team given the expectations back home as they go searching for a sixth World Cup title.
Tite named his final 26-man squad on Monday, November 7, seven days ahead of the FIFA-imposed deadline of November 14.
The surprise name on the list is 39-year-old Dani Alves, who didn't have the best of seasons with Pumas UNAM in Mexico.
He's assumed to be Danilo's backup at right-back and he was preferred over Tottenham's Emerson Royal. Alves will be among the oldest players in World Cup history should he take the field in Qatar.
Here's the final 26-man list.
The most notable absences from the final list are:
- Roberto Firmino (Liverpool)
- Gabriel (Arsenal)
- Gabriel Barbosa (Flamengo)
- Renan Lodi (Nottingham Forest)
- Matheus Cunha (Atletico Madrid)
- Philippe Coutinho (Aston Villa)
- Emerson Royal (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Gerson (Marseille)
- Luiz Henrique (Real Betis)
- Rodinei (Flamengo)
Reports in Brazil indicated in advance that Philippe Coutinho has picked up a right thigh injury that will keep him out for six weeks, thus forcing him to miss out on the World Cup, though his club form may have been enough given his subpar start to 2022/23 with Aston Villa.
Here is the reaction of a few players who were watching Tite's announcement live: PSG's Neymar, Manchester United's Antony, Tottenham's Richarlison and Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes:
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