Dunga’s Last Stand

Dunga could be see­ing his days num­bred as coach of the Brazil­ian national team. The road is not very easy for the Canarinha as they face an inspired Chilean side in San­ti­ago, they wil then fol­low that up with a fairly acces­si­ble match against Bolivia at home. The result sounds acces­si­ble at least on paper.
Seven play­ers from the bronze medal-winning side will take part in this round of qual­i­fiers– includ­ing Ronald­inho. The Brazil­ian media obvi­ously crit­i­cized the inclu­sion of the AC Milan mid­i­fielder, while his team­mate Kaká will not be. Robinho will be back in the lineup. Another big absence is that of Barcelona left back Dani Alves even though due to him recov­er­ing from a shoul­der injury.
Cur­rently Brazil is in fifth place in the South Amer­i­can qual­i­fiers with nine points earned in the first six matches. If Brazil were to fall out of the fifth spot or not get back into auto­matic qual­i­fi­ca­tion spots, the for­mer Brazil­ian cap­tain could see him­self watch­ing the Octo­ber matches against Venezuela and Colom­bia from a TV screen at his house.
Goal­keep­ers: Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Renan (Inter­na­cional)
Defend­ers: Maicon (Inter Milan), Rafinha (Schalke), Kle­ber (San­tos), Lucio (Bay­ern Munich), Alex Silva (Sao Paulo), Juan (AS Roma), Luisao (Ben­fica), Juan (Fla­mengo)
Mid­field­ers: Elano (Man­ches­ter City), Gilberto Silva (Panathi­naikos), Josue (Wolfs­burg), Ander­son (Man­ches­ter United), Diego (Werder Bre­men), Lucas (Liv­er­pool), Julio Bap­tista (AS Roma), Ronald­inho (AC Milan)
For­wards: Luis Fabi­ano (Sevilla), Rafael Sóbis (Real Betis), Robinho (Real Madrid), Jô (Man­ches­ter City)