Rio de Janeiro Sep 29 (IANS) Monaco left-back Jorge has been called up for Brazil national team s World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Chile the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said.
The 21-year-old former Flamengo player replaces Atletico Madrid s Filipe Luis who suffered a torn hamstring during the Spanish club s 1-2 defeat to Chelsea in the Champions League on Wednesday reports Xinhua news agency.
"It s the type of injury that requires at least 15 days to recover from " Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said in a CBF statement. "For that reason we have decided to release him from the squad and we will follow his recuperation from a distance."
Jorge capped just once before for his country is Brazil s third-choice left-back behind Luis and Real Madrid s Marcelo. The latter was also ruled out of the matches because of a leg injury.
Brazil lead South America s CONMEBOL standings with 37 points from 16 matches and are already guaranteed of a place in Russia next year.
The five-time World Cup winners will play Bolivia in La Paz on October 5 before hosting Chile in their final qualifier in Sao Paulo five days later.
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