Felipe Melo in for Brazil vs Netherlands at WCup

Felipe Melo in for Brazil vs Netherlands at WCup

Published Jul. 2, 2010 2:57 p.m. ET

Defensive midfielder Felipe Melo returned to Brazil's lineup for Friday's World Cup quarterfinal match against the Netherlands.

Felipe Melo is back after missing Brazil's 3-0 victory over Chile because of a left ankle injury.

Brazil is without midfielder Elano, who is out for the third consecutive match because of a right ankle injury and Ramires, who replaced Felipe Melo against Chile, is suspended after picking up a second yellow card of the competition.

Midfielder Rafael van der Vaart remains on the bench despite recovering from a left calf injury he picked up in training before the Slovakia match.

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The Dutch, who had originally made no changes, were forced to make a late replacement when center back Joris Mathijsen was apparently injured in the warmup. His place was taken by Andre Ooijer.

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Lineups:

Netherlands: Maarten Stekelenburg, Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Andre Ooijer, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dirk Kuyt, Mark van Bommel, Wesley Sneijder, Nigel de Jong, Arjen Robben, Robin van Persie.

Brazil: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Michel Bastos, Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Daniel Alves, Kaka, Robinho, Luis Fabiano.

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