Brazil coach Dunga is not ruling out calling up Maicon despite dropping him from the squad because of indiscipline. Maicon started in Brazil's 1-0 win in Miami on Friday and was supposed to return to the hotel at 8 p.m. on Saturday along with the rest of the players, but didn't show up until about 11 hours later. The Brazilian confederation had only said it was ''an internal matter.'' ''I respect Maicon and the doors are not closed to any player,'' Dunga said after a 1-0 win over Ecuador in a friendly in New Jersey on Tuesday. Some confederation officials said the 33-year-old Roma player would likely not play again for Brazil after what happened, and local media reported the player's agent also didn't think he would get another chance.
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