Jean Lucas called up to the national team after Joelinton and Alex Sandro’s cuts

Jean Lucas is another debutant in the call-up, alongside Kaio Jorge. Ancelotti wants to take advantage of the upcoming games to get to know some Brazilian football players better. It is the first time since 1991 that Bahia has had a player called up to the main national team. The last one was midfielder Luís Henrique. Jean Lucas joins Casemiro, Bruno Guimarães, Andrey Santos, and Paquetá as midfield options for Brazil. The game between Bahia and Santos was the last one Ancelotti saw live before announcing Monday’s call-up. In the left-back position, Caio Henrique from Monaco and Douglas Santos from Zenit were called up by Ancelotti. Alex Sandro was ruled out due to a calf muscle injury, confirmed yesterday by Flamengo. He felt the problem in the first half of the victory over Vitória.