体坛英语新闻：Scolari rules out changes for Brazil-France friendly

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Sunday ruled out any major changes to his team to face France on June 9, despite an unconvincing 2-2 draw against England at the refurbished Maracana stadium on Sunday.

"If I had to play again in three days I would put the same team out in the first half," Scolari said during his post-match interview. "We will see what happens during the week but it's likely we are going to repeat today's line-up."

Scolari made three surprises to his team with Atletico Mineiro's Filipe Luis taking the place of Real Madrid's Marcelo at left-back, Bayern Munich midfielder Luiz Gustavo starting ahead of Gremio's Fernando and Zenit Saint Petersburg forward Hulk preferred to Paris Saint-Germain's Lucas.

The 64-year-old reacted angrily when asked why he had replaced Hulk with holding midfielder Fernando in the 72nd minute with the scores tied at 1-1.

Minutes earlier, fans had booed the coach for taking off Chelsea midfielder Oscar, until then the team's best player.

"There are some things that fans don't know and I can't go explaining things all of the time," Scolari said.

"For example, Marcelo has been injured and could only play 45 minutes.Oscar played 71 times this season. I don't expect the public to understand but today the crowd was magnificent."