Brazil soccer manager says World Cup roster complete

Brazil's soccer manager Carlos Alberto Parreira said on Friday that he has drawn up the list of 23 players for the World Cup in Germany in June, but said he would not publish it until Monday.

At a launch for his book -- Training Winning Teams, Parreira said: "I have no doubts, I only need to consider a couple of things before Monday."

He added that there would be no surprises on the list. "Everyone knows who the finalists are, and that is a good thing, because the team is the fruit of three years' work."

When asked if being favorite to win was a bad thing for Brazil, he replied: "That favoritism began oversea, not in Brazil. And that story is one repeated by our rivals. Brazil will have to humble if it wants to win the World Cup."

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