RIO DE JANEIRO: Kaka will not play in Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Ecuador on Sunday because his injured left foot has not recovered in time.
"I spoke with coach Dunga and we agreed that since Kaka is not in his best shape and he still feels some pain, we will leave him in Brazil," team doctor Jose Luiz Runco said on Friday before the team left for Quito.
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