As regards Brazil's team, there is not much to say so far. The biggest news are:
1) Mari Steinbrecher is back. She has played three of four matches already for her team and she is improving day by day. Everybody expects that she improves a lot this season, especially when it comes to service reception cause Bernardinho is her coach.
2) Paula Pequeno is also back. She came back a little earlier and she is also improving. Her services are getting better and she scored three of four aces agains the Osasco team. She's jump serving again, just like she did in the Beijing OG.
3) Jaqueline got injured in her knee and she had to undergo a surgery. It will take her three or four weeks to recover and the expectation is that she play the Brazilian League playoffs next month already. Her team is missing her a lot.
4) Fabiola is playing a great league and I believe she is currently Brazil's #1 setter. She has injured her hand but it seems this is not a big deal. All she needs is a little rest in order to get fully recovered.
5) Carol Gattaz got finally rid of the problems in her feed. She is back to her team and she definitely needs to play a great league. Otherwise she will not be called for the NT. She lost her spot as Brazil's 3rd middle-blocker to Adenizia and only played the WCH last year cause Paula was dropped out of the team.
6) Amazingly, Sassá is playing a great league, especially when it comes to her performance in attacking. It seems the return of both Mari and Paula are making her work harder to grab a spot in Brazil's NT.