Can Brazil and Argentina qualify for Russian Federation 2018?

Meanwhile, Brazil head on the road with good news, as captain and leading forward Neymar will return to the starting lineup after missing the opening two games because of suspension. “He does not seem to be Neymar, one of the best players in the world”.

With reports emerging that Ed Woodward has asked Sir Alex Ferguson to convince Cristiano Ronaldo back to Manchester United it would be a sight to see Neymar and Ronaldo playing together, something that all the Manchester United fans have been dreaming about.

“His call-up comes at a good time for him in the Italian league and we hope that he can show that form for the national team”, Martino said.

With Barcelona, he won La Liga twice, the UEFA Champions League in 2006 and named Federation Internationale de Football Association World Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 and the Ballon d’Or victor in 2005.

One of the most intriguing matches of the worldwide break for world soccer took place on Friday night as South American giants Argentina and Brazil faced off in a CONMEBOL 2018 World Cup qualifying match.

Brazil managed to gain a solid 3-1 win over Venezuela, but followed that up with a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Chile.

But it gave him an attainable goal and something to strive for to make himself a better player. Even though the locals haven’t started this qualifier phase on a good footing, players were disappointed with the decision. “I think I can help my teammates, as I’ve always tried to do”, he said to Milan Channel.

It was the first blemish in World Cup qualifying for Copa America champion Chile, which won its first two qualifiers last month and now has seven points in three matches.

Those results have piled the pressure on beleaguered Argentina manager Gerardo “Tata” Martino, whose position had already come under scrutiny after his star-studded side’s failure to win the Copa America.

“We had dominated the game but lost by a goal scored by Claudio Caniggia off a brilliant Maradona assist”, he reminisced ruefully.

“There is no recipe for marking (Neymar), if (there was)everyone would use it”, said River Plate’s Jonathan Maidana, recalled by Argentina for the first time since 2011 to replace Garay in the squad. “Then we tried to play more in the midfield area, allowing Neymar more freedom and also using the speed of Douglas Costa and Elias to penetrate”.