Brazil coach Dunga is ready to hand the ex-Porto midfielder the coveted No10 role for their crunch Copa America group clash with Chile after the youngster's impressive cameo in the defeat to Mexico last week.

Dunga took a risk by naming Anderson in his squad for the Copa, but now is taking the gamble a step further by playing the youngster in the key playmaker's role ahead of Werder Bremen's Diego.

Brazilian media are excited by Dunga's decision, having been backing Anderson since he appeared as a 16 year-old for Gremio. The midfielder was dubbed 'Pelezinho' and his emergence in the last six months from success with Porto, to a big-money switch to Manchester United and now with his Selecao breakthrough is exciting the cynics in the local media.