{"id":151142,"date":"2025-05-27T04:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/casemiro-returns-in-ancelottis-first-brazil-squad-for-world-cup-qualifiers-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T04:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T04:11:56","slug":"casemiro-returns-in-ancelottis-first-brazil-squad-for-world-cup-qualifiers-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/casemiro-returns-in-ancelottis-first-brazil-squad-for-world-cup-qualifiers-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Casemiro returns in Ancelotti\u2019s first Brazil squad for World Cup qualifiers &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<br \/>Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<br \/>Brazil\u2019s new national soccer team head coach Carlo Ancelotti, left, receives a national soccer jersey from former head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, May 26, 2025, during a news conference to announce the players who will compete in the World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay. (AP Photo\/Silvia Izquierdo)<br \/>RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) \u2014 New Brazil coach <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\"         data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/carlo-ancelotti-brazil-real-madrid-16815da381c208631cdd9247cb062d9d\">Carlo Ancelotti<\/a><\/span> brought back midfielder Casemiro on Monday for World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay next week.<br \/>The 33-year-old Casemiro was the Brazil captain at the 2022 World Cup but has been absent from the national team for about a year.<br \/>Striker Neymar, who is still struggling to return from injury, was not picked.<br \/>Ancelotti arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night after leaving Real Madrid, and the Italian is the first foreigner to coach the five-time World Cup champion full-time in a century. <br \/>___<br \/>Brazil:<br \/>Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Bento (Al-Nassr), Hugo Souza (Corinthians)<br \/>Defenders: Alex Sandro, Danilo, Leo Ortiz, Wesley (all Flamengo), Alexsandro (Lille), Lucas Beraldo (Paris Saint-Germain), Carlos Augusto (Inter Milan), Vanderson (Monaco)<br \/>Midfielders: Andreas Pereira (Fulham), Andrey Santos (Strasbourg), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Casemiro (Manchester United), Ederson (Atalanta), (Gerson)<br \/>Forwards: Antony (Real Betis), Est\u00eav\u00e3o (Palmeiras), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton), Raphinha (Barcelona), Richarlison (Tottenham), Vinicius J\u00fanior (Real Madrid)<br \/>___<br \/>AP soccer: <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\"         data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPdU1HeHB5YzU3dEVfcVNKWjdnZm9yMlRrZ1F5dm55bG9LN01yZWRCTzRlQkFmcThRdmR6QUx5WVRBczZNMVJRd1dSUDBTYnJ0OGpFOWttSFR0V1U3NlRjOE4tSk9sdkluU1ZQeFpVMkoyUFdmWjAwaE1LUkpET0NWYWh5RUYwNWpvUmhUM25MVzZTTHd2RmdBMEhiekUyQQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.Brazil\u2019s new national soccer team head coach Carlo Ancelotti, left, receives a national soccer jersey from former head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, May 26, 2025, during a news conference to announce the players who will compete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}