Real Madrid Players Feature in Ancelotti's Brazil Squad for November

Brazil national team coach Carlo Ancelotti has made public the squad list for the November international break. The list includes two Real Madrid players: Vinicius Jr. and Endrick. However, Eder Militao was not called up despite having recovered from the hamstring injury that kept him out of the World Cup in the summer. The Canarinha will play two friendly matches, one against Japan and another against Singapore.

For the Italian coach, the center back is not in optimal condition for the upcoming friendly matches. This is even though Militao recently returned to Madrid and had minutes in the match against Sevilla. Ancelotti preferred not to force his return to the national team and prefers to wait until he has more competitive minutes with the merengue team.

A different case from Endrick's, who, after his great performance a couple of weeks ago in the Champions League, when he was a key part of the comeback against Roma at the Stadio Olimpico, seems to have earned Mourinho's trust and his own confidence. However, it is true that he still does not receive many opportunities from the coach, but now at least he usually alternates with Carlos Espi as a spark off the bench.

For his part, Vinicius Jr. will answer his national team's call even while serving a four-match suspension imposed by LaLiga after pulling the hair of Villarreal player Nathan Saliba during matchday 8. He has only served two matches (Sevilla and Barcelona), so his match rhythm depends solely on the Champions League. He will be able to play the match against AEK Athens next Wednesday, the Brazilian winger.

However, this could suit Real Madrid, since during these next two weeks, Vinicius would only play the match against the Greek team, since neither against Racing de Santander this coming Sunday nor against Valencia next Saturday will he be able to see minutes because of the recently mentioned suspension, so being able to have playing minutes in Brazil's friendlies will be a great alternative for him to arrive in top form for the match against Celta de Vigo.

For the Culers' part, Barcelona closely follows Raphinha's call-up. Because their forward has a history of injuries when he plays for the national team. He got injured in March, suffered a muscle injury during the World Cup that made him miss a large part of the tournament, and had discomfort again in the last international break, something that has forced Barcelona to take charge of his recovery when he returns from the call-up.