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brazil coach dunga has elected to blood some youthful players in the south americans' upcoming friendly against the republic of ireland. while his 22-man squad for the february 6th match includes many regular names such as ac milan's kaka and real madrid's robinho, ten players will be under the age of 23. they include 18-year-old alexandre pato of milan, lucas leiva of liverpool and manchester united's anderson - all three of which play in midfield. soundbite (portuguese) facing reporters in rio on tuesday, dunga says: "brazil will always have top players. having said that, soccer must be for the team and players must show what we expect and what they can do, that is, what we know they are capable of. they are very good players and this is a great opportunity for these athletes." supercaption dunga, brazil coach barcelona's ronaldinho won't feature in the ireland game because of a knee injury, while former ace marksman ronaldo is deemed surplus to dunga's requirements. brazil have another friendly scheduled for march 26th at arsenal's emirates stadium against sweden.