Four of ours in Ancelotti's 26

Alex Sandro, Danilo, Léo Pereira and Paquetá are all in Brazil's World Cup squad, the most a Brazilian club has placed in a Seleção since São Paulo's Tetra winners in 1994. Three more came up short: Léo Ortiz, Samuel Lino and Pedro all pre-selected, all cut. Back to football tomorrow with Estudiantes at the Maracanã in the Libertadores group stage, then Palmeiras here on Saturday with the four-point gap to the leaders on the line. Arrascaeta released to Uruguay's camp, still nursing the clavicle fracture.