News and Notes

Dunga will annouce his squad for the final set of qualifiers next Thursday, September 24. I would expect a lot of new faces, but how many is anyone’s guess.

Luis Fabiano was linked this weekend to a move in January to Manchester United. Like his “move” to AC Milan…believe it when you see it.

The Champions League group stage begins today. The 32 teams remaining in the competition feature the extraordinary number of 75 Brazilians on their rosters. Below is the list of who is playing for who this week:

Apoel Jean Paulista
Bordeaux Henrique, Fernando Menegazzo, Wendell e Jussiê
Arsenal Denílson* e Eduardo da Silva*
Chelsea Alex, Belletti e Deco*
Atlético de Madrid Paulo Assunção e Cléber Santana
CSKA Moscou Daniel Carvalho e Guilherme
AZ Alkmaar Ari Debreceni Leandro e Vinícius Galvão
Barcelona Daniel Alves e Maxwell
Dínamo de Kiev Betão, Leandro Almeida e Gerson Magrão
Bayern de Munique Breno
Inter de Milan Júlio César, Maicon, Lúcio, Thiago Motta e Mancini
Besiktas Rodrigo Tabata, Márcio Nobre* e Bobô
Juventus Felipe Melo, Diego e Amauri*
Liverpool Diego Cavalieri, Fábio Aurélio e Lucas
Porto Helton, Maicon, Fernando e Hulk
Lyon Cris, Anderson, Michel Bastos e Ederson
Real Madrid Pepe*, Marcelo e Kaká
Maccabi Haifa Tiago Dutra e Gustavo Boccoli
Sevilla Adriano, Renato e Luís Fabiano
Manchester United Fábio, Rafael e Anderson*
Standard Liège Victor Ramos, Felipe, Marcos Camozzatto e Igor de Camargo*
Milan Dida, Thiago Silva, Ronaldinho e Pato
Stuttgart Élson e Cacau*
Olympiacos Leonardo, Dudu Cearense e Diogo
Unirea Ricardo Vilani
Olympique de Marselha Elinton, Hilton e Brandão
Wolfsburg Josué e Grafite