by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor

Not that easy. The Chinese task for Pipoca and his guys will surely represent a significant test on the canarinhos conditions. Four strong opponents like China, Japan, Romania and Iran will try to to dethrone Brazil in the chinese town of Hangzhou, where the international tournament will take place since next June 1st. This is the second edition of the Hangzhou event, with Brazil conquering the first tournament 12 months ago (click here to know more)

Brazil coach Marcos Sorato Zopelini "Pipoca" has selected thirteen players, almost all involved in the brazilian liga futsal, keeping the same block that overcame Ukraine in the last couple of friendlies. No "european" players are obviously in the list (play-off time!) with the exception of Lukaian who could not reach the Russian Superleague semifinals with his club Gazprom Ugra. Lukaian and Jackson were selected to replace Simi and Danilo Baron, as their club S. Caetano/CorinthiansUnip didn't leave them join the canarinhos. Not taking Lukaian into account, this is actually a "3 states roster" composed of athletes from São Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina.


Brazilian National Team - Players List

Goalkeepers
Djony (Santos/Cortiana)
Léo Oliveira (Copagril/Faville/DalPonte)

Defenders/Fixos
Leco (Krona/Joinville/DalPonte)
Marinho (Intelli/Orlândia)
Neto (Santos/Cortiana)

Flanks/Alas
Jackson (Santos/Cortiana)
Falcão (Santos/Cortiana)
Gadeia (Copagril/Faville/DalPonte)
Murilo (Krona/Joinville/DalPonte)
Pixote (Santos/Cortiana)

Pivots
Jé (Santos/Cortiana)
Valdin (Santos/Cortiana)
Lukaian (Gazprom Ugra - RUSSIA)

Head Coach: Marcos Sorato Zopelini "Pipoca"