Estêvão excluded from provisional Brazil squad for World Cup — report
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/ | AFP via Getty Images Estêvão’s World Cup dream looks to be over, with the young winger reportedly excluded from Brazil provisional squad. Manager Carlo Ancelotti will announce the final 26-man squad next week, but Estêvão’s already absent from the provisional list published by Globo Esporte today. The list does include current Chelsea players João Pedro and Andrey Santos, as well as former Chelsea hero Thiago Silva (still at age 41!