Given that the international break meant Tite's first squad for Brazil's latest round of World Cup qualifying, it looked pretty certain that the new manager would at least follow some of his predecessor's methods. It was expected that the purge of players deemed to "symbolize" the darkest hour in the history of the Selecao, that drubbing at the hands of Germany in the 2014 World Cup, would continue, even though Dunga still selected David Luiz playing for more than year and that it took the calamity of a game against Uruguay for his patience to finally run out.
Brazil's "exiles" get another chance
