RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Forward Neymar and midfielder Paulo
Henrique Ganso will miss Brazil’s friendly against Denmark after the Brazilian Football Confederation
(CBF) agreed to release the Santos pair for a club match.
29, 2012. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
The CBF said in a statement it had accepted a request by Santos to allow them
and team mate Rafael to play in the Libertadores Cup quarter-final second leg against Argentine side
Velez Sarsfield on May 24.
Brazil face Denmark in Hamburg two days later.
Ganso is seen
as a potential playmaker in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup team while 20-year-old Neymar is by far the most
exciting forward Brazil has produced in the last few years.
The CBF said the Santos trio would
travel directly to Washington for a friendly against the United States on May 30.
Brazil also
face Mexico in Dallas on June 3 and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey, six days later.