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Brazil coach Scolari: I'd have selected Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa

Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari admits he would've selected Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa for his World Cup squad.Diego Costa committed to Spain earlier this season, but could now miss the World Cup due to a hamstring injury.

"I was going to summon him to the World Cup. Was I wrong? I do not know. He would be in the World Cup with Brazil. I talked to him twice about it.

"The problem is that there are other interests behind him," said Scolari.

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