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Brazil Ready for u20’s

Brazil is ready for the South American u20’s. Getting underway in Asunción, Paraguay on Sunday, Brazil will take on the home side in their first of three matches in the 2018 competition.

After facing Paraguay Brazil will play their second match against Chile three days later. The demanding schedule then sees Os Curumins finishing their campaign on Saturday April 14 against Colombia.

The coaching staff of Damian Rotondo and Fernando Portugal have selected heavily from São Paulo state clubs for the tournament.

BRAZIL
Adrio Luiz de Melo (Pasteur), Ariel Rodriguez (Jacareí), Brendon Pinheiro (Pasteur), Daniel Lima (Poli), David Muller de Páscoa (Belo Horizonte), Douglas Vinícius Machado (Jacareí), Felipe Cunha (São José), Gabriel Eduardo Graeff Ribeiro (Curitiba), Henrique Ribeiro (Curitiba), João Vitor Pereira da Silva (São José), Joel Araujo dos Santos (Pasteur), Leonardo de Souza da Silva (Serra Gaúcha), Leonardo Días (Curitiba), Leonardo Cecarelli (Jacareí), Levy Marinho (Jacareí), Lucas Spago (Pasteur), Marcos Vinicus de Melo (Farrapos), Matheus Augusto Claudio (Jacareí), Matheus de Oliveira (Desterro), Patrick Bruno Fonseca (São José), Pierre Pozzi (Jacareí), Rafael Henrique Texeira (São José), Robson de Morais (Pasteur), Thiago Ramos (Joaca), Victor Guilherme Silva (São José), William Marcelo Crippa (Serra Gaúcha)

Although Brazil is to play three games there tournament itself is a Six Nations competition.Both Uruguay and Venezuela are also involved. The complete fixtures for the tournament are as follows:

FIXTURES
Sunday April 08 Venezuela vs Chile (12pm)
Sunday April 08 Uruguay vs Colombia (2pm)
Sunday April 08 Paraguay vs Brazil (4pm)

Wednesday April 11 Venezuela vs Colombia (12pm)
Wednesday April 11 Brazil vs Chile (2pm)
Wednesday April 11 Paraguay vs Uruguay (4pm)

Saturday April 14 Brail vs Colombia (12pm)
Saturday April 14 Paraguay vs Venezuela (2pm)
Saturday April 14 Uruguay vs Chile (4pm)

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