Brazil coach Dunga has recalled Arsenal midfielder Julio
Baptista to the squad.
Baptista will replace Ze Roberto, who has decided to step down from
international football and will not play in the Copa America.
"I am very happy with this new chance that I have been given to
play for the Brazilian national team," Baptista told TV
Globo.
"I was a little bit upset when the list was announced and I wasn't
in it but I had a kind of faith that I could receive a last minute
call.
"In the beginning I thought that maybe Dunga had decided not to
include me in the list to let me have some rest because everyone
knows that the English league is very tough.
"But as I was wishing to be called to the team for the Copa America
I always had the faith that maybe a door could get opened and it
has happened since the moment that Ze Roberto decided not to play
for Brazil anymore.
"The best thing for me is to be recalled under these circumstances.
I wouldn't have liked to have been included in the team because a
team-mate got injured or something like that."