Alisson Becker was already absent due to injury. Brazil has also lost another goalkeeper, Alisson. Last Sunday in the English Premier League Liverpool-Manchester City match, the injury got the city goalkeeper from the national team. As his replacement, Brazil coach Darival has called Vasco da Gama’s Leo Jardim to the junior team.
Apart from Jardim, the Brazil team has Bento of Atletico Paranaense and Rafael of Sao Paulo as goalkeepers.
Brazil will play two international friendlies on March 23 and 26. Brazil will take on Spain at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid three days after playing hosts England at Wembley on March 23. If not for the injury, it was certain that Ederson would have been under the goal in those two matches.
The Liverpool-City match in the Premier League on Sunday was a 1-1 draw. Liverpool equalized in that match by scoring from the penalty spot. They were responsible for that penalty. He badly fouled Liverpool’s Uruguayan forward, Darwin Nunez, while trying to save the goal. The Brazilian goalkeeper himself was injured in the incident. Ederson was forced to leave the field in pain moments after failing to save Alexis McAllister’s penalty.
Not only Ederson, but PSG’s Marquinhos and Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli have also been left out of Brazil’s friendly squad due to injuries. Darival called up Flamengo left-back Fabricio Bruno in place of Marquinhos and Porto striker Galeno in place of Martinelli.
