Two from the top nations taking part in the international tournament Grand Prix 2010 were forced to apply changes in their respective rosters. The canarinhos coached by Pipoca lost the great defensive experience of Andrè, who suffered a left foot injury. That gave Pipoca the chance to introduce a quite radical change, as the "missing" fixo was replaced by the pivot Vander Carioca. That means Brazil will count on an extremely aggressive squad, featuring impressive pivots like Vander Carioca, Wilde, Cesar Paulo and Fernandinho, with the Dinamo Moscow's star who could be used more in the flank role during the tournament.
On the other side Venancio Lopez was more "coherent" than his brazilian colleague: the Azkar Lugo's pivot Matamoros won't move to Brazil, replaced by the Triman Navarra's Rafa Usín.