Brazil will face Chile with Neymar, Vinicius and Antony in the lead

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Rio de Janeiro, Mar 22 Neymar, Vinicius Junior and Antony will join the trio of Brazil's attackers in Thursday's match against Chile for the Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifiers, as Brazilian coach Adenor Leonardo Bachi “Tite” showed on Tuesday in the first training session with the full team. Just two days after the match with Chile at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian coach uncovered all the cards right from the start and started training with a probable starter in which he made at least seven changes to the last team used in the South American qualifiers. This is because, in addition to Antony (Ájax), who will be able to debut as a starter in the absence of fellow youth players Raphinha and Matheus Cunha, the starter will have six players absent from the starting team of last February's match in which Brazil beat Paraguay 4-0, including Neymar. The team lined up as the starter in the first training session had Alisson as goalkeeper; Danilo, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva and Guilherme Arana in the defense; Casemiro, Fred and Lucas Paquetá in the center of the court; and Antony, Vinicius Junior and Neymar in the lead. Among the novelties, the lineup of Danilo and Guilherme Arana stood out as the sides in the places occupied by Daniel Alves and Alex Telles; the return of Casemiro to the position that Fabinho played provisionally and Fred's lineup as the second steering wheel instead of the creative Philippe Coutinho. The main change was in the trio of attackers since, with Raphinha and Mateus Cunha injured and with the return of Neymar, who missed the last games due to injury, Vinicius' teammates in the lead will now be the PSG and Antony attacker. The plays shown in the few minutes that training was open for television showed Neymar playing in the center of the front as a fake nine and Vinicius and Antony acting as points. Lucas Paquetá will be in charge of supplying the trio of attackers from the center of the court. Brazil will train until Wednesday at Granja Comary, some 60 kilometers from Rio de Janeiro. The team will travel to Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday for Thursday's match with Chile at Maracana. The Brazilian team will return to Granja Comary after the match against Chile and will continue its preparation there until Monday, when it will travel to Bolivia for Tuesday's match in La Paz. Brazil, which has already secured its ticket to Qatar, is the undefeated leader of the South American qualifiers, with 39 points, and has an almost perfect balance of twelve wins and three draws. CHIEF cm/cms/car