Rio de Janeiro: Forward Adriano and former World Player of the Year Ronaldinho were yesterday left out of Brazil's squad for the World Cup in South Africa.
Coach Dunga also refused to bow to pressure to call up Santos youngsters Paulo Henrique Ganso and Neymar, instead announcing a squad packed with defensive midfielders.
Ronaldinho was dropped by Dunga in April last year, after a poor run of form at both international level and for his club, AC Milan.
He has had a much-improved season for the Serie A club, but has not done enough to convince the coach he deserves a recall.
Former Inter Milan striker Adriano, the top scorer last year when Flamengo won the Brazilian championship, has struggled for form and with off-field issues as well, playing in roughly half his club's games.
Dunga's choice left Brazil heavily dependent on Kaka for midfield creativity and could leave them short of options if he gets injured.
VfL Wolfsburg striker Grafite, overlooked last year when he was the Bundesliga's top scorer with 28 goals, was included.
Meanwhile, Francesco Totti was left out of Italy's provisional World Cup squad after coach Marcello Lippi decided against bringing the World Cup winner out of international retirement.
AS Roma captain Totti, who quit the national side after their 2006 World Cup triumph, had considered making himself available, but the inconsistent Azzurri will have to do without his creativity.
Lippi has not disclosed if Totti had offered to play.
The inclusion of Villarreal forward Giuseppe Rossi at the expense of Juventus centre back Nicola Legrottaglie provided the only other element of surprise in the 30-man squad, which will be cut to 23 with four standby players next Tuesday.
Legrottaglie has not been a regular for a struggling Juve this season, but his omission means Italy lack experienced cover for centre backs Fabio Cannavaro and Giorgio Chiellini.
Defenders Salvatore Bocchetti, Leonardo Bonucci and Mattia Cassani have just six caps between them.
Brazil SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Julio Cesar, Doni, Heurelho Gomes.
Defenders: Maicon, Daniel Alves, Michel Bastos, Gilberto, Lucio, Juan, Luisao, Thiago Silva.
Midfielders: Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Ramires, Elano, Kaka, Julio Baptista, Kleberson, Josue.
Forwards: Robinho, Luis Fabiano, Nilmar, Grafite.