The Atletico players Diego Costa and Luis Filipe are part of Luiz Felipe Scolari squad for the two games that Brazilian play in March against Italy (March 21, Genoa) and Russia (25, London).

The striker receives his first call up for the "canarinha", while the full back is called up again after playing on the 6th of February in London against England.

Costa was happy after hearing the news: "I do not know what to say, I don’t have the words. It's a dream I've had all my life and now it has come true. I don’t believe it yet. I'm very happy. This is made possible by God. I'm on cloud nine."

This is the list of players named by coach Luiz Felipe Scolari:

Julio Cesar (Queens Park Rangers)

Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense)

Daniel Alves (Barcelona)

Thiago Silva (PSG)

Dede (Vasco)

Dante (Bayern Munich)

David Luiz (Chelsea)

Marcelo (Real Madrid)

Felipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid)

Paulinho (Corinthians)

Fernando (Gremio)

Ramires (Chelsea)

Jean (Fluminense)

Luiz Gustavo (Bayer Munich)

Hernanes (Lazio)

Kaká (Real Madrid)

Oscar (Chelsea)

Neymar (Santos)

Lucas (PSG)

Fred (Fluminense)

Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid)

Hulk (Zenith)