(Corrects match venue in first para) SAO PAULO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Brazil have nothing to prove in Friday's friendly against Colombia in Miami despite an embarrassing World Cup exit, said defender Gil who has been called up for the first time. The Corinthians player watched the humiliating 7-1 defeat by Germany in the semi-finals and 3-0 loss to the Netherlands in the third-place playoff. "It's not about lifting Brazilian football up again," the 27-year old former Valenciennes player told Reuters before joining the squad in the United States. "Brazilian football doesn't need to prove anything to anyone." "Of course, when something happens like what happened in the World Cup some things need to change.
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