Arsenal win, Gabriel Magalhaes perfect response to Brazil World Cup squad snub

Many Gunner supporters are of the view Gabriel Magalhaes delivered a perfect response to his Brazil World Cup squad omission during Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Wolves on Saturday night.

They said this paying close attention to the defender at Molineux on what was his second appearance since it was announced that he would not be going to Qatar alongside teammates Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli.

Now, according to Brazilian football expert Tim Vickery, Gabriel not being picked isn’t that much of a shock as the Arsenal defender still hasn’t earned the trust of national team manager Tite as he’s still awaiting his first senior cap despite being called up numerous times in the past 12 months.

“With Gabriel Magalhaes, he was in the squad for a while without playing and I think it became clear that the coach didn’t trust him, or didn’t trust him enough,” explained Vickery when discussing Tite’s decision to Sky Sports earlier in the week.

“So, his exclusion is not a surprise.”

In Chelsea’s Thiago Silva, PSG’s Marquinhos and Real Madrid’s Eder Militao, Brazil are certainly blessed with options in central defence and keeping that in mind, it explains how Gabriel has been able to take the announcement in his stride, not to mention the support from his Arsenal teammates.

“I think the whole team has been very supportive with him,” Gunners manager Mikel Arteta told reporters. “Gabi had that option in his mind that it wasn’t easy to get selected with the squad that they have. He was obviously hoping for it but he accepted that decision in a really good way.”

Proof that Gabriel was not downbeat regarding his Brazil snub came against Wolves as he earned an 8/10 score in our football.london player ratings for producing ‘truly decisive blocks at the back, excellently covering for William Saliba and leading the backline accordingly’ en route to another clean sheet.’