The midfielders include Sandro (Internacional), Hernanes (Sao Paulo), Jucilei (Corinthians), Lucas (Liverpool-ENG), Ramires ( Benfica-POR), Ederson (Lyon-FRA), Carlos Eduardo (Hoffenhein) and previously mentioned Paulo Henrique Ganso.

Apart from Robinho, Neymar, and Andre the strikers will feature Alexandre Pato (Milan-ITA) and Diego Tardeli (Atletico-MG).

Menezes' selction of goalkeepers also surprised everyone. He chose Botafogo's Jefferson, Avai's Renan and Gremio's star keeper, Victor.

Menezes' list only carries four of the athletes that played in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. They are Robinho, Ramires, Thiago Silva and Daniel Alves.

With these 24 athletes, Menezes officially begins his task of leading Brazil to win the 2014 World Cup while on Brazilian soil.

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