Malcom, Pablo get first call-ups for Brazil


FILE PHOTO: Brazilian forward Malcom at FC Barcelona offices next to Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Barcelona forward Malcom got his first Brazil call-up on Friday in a largely familiar squad to face Saudi Arabia and Argentina in October friendlies.

The 21-year-old right-sided attacker was one of three new names alongside Pablo, the centre half who followed Malcom from Corinthians to Bordeaux earlier this year, and 19-year-old Gremio goalkeeper Phelipe.

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