On September 8 at Belem, an Amazonian city, Brazil will play Bolivia; four days later, in Lima, Brazil will play Peru.
This week, Neymar departed Paris Saint-Germain to join Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia. In earlier this year’s friendlies against Brazil, he sat out.
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After speaking with Neymar, Diniz revealed at a press conference that the striker was “very willing” to represent his country.
Diniz stated that he originally intended to select West Ham midfielder Lucas Paquetá but changed his mind after learning about a FIFA probe into the player.
Fluminense’s coach will be in charge of Brazil at least through the middle of next year, when the federation plans to sign Carlo Ancelotti from Real Madrid.
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