With Ronaldinho seemingly out of favour with new coach Mano Menezes and Alexandre Pato and Nilmar injured, the spotlight fell on 19-year-old Neymar, making his third appearance, 21-year-old debutant Leandro Damiao and 18-year-old Lucas, who also won his first cap when he came off the bench for the final 20 minutes.
None of them disappointed as Brazil overwhelmed Scotland in a 2-0 win where a 6-0 scoreline would not have flattered them.
Neymar and Lucas ran riot in last month's South American under-20 championship, with the former scoring nine goals and the latter four, while Leandro Damiao's 13 goals for Internacional made an irresistible case for a call-up.
Leandro Damiao provides an option not often used by the Brazilians as he is great in the air and, already tall, has a prodigious leap. He grazed the bar with an early header from a corner and was a regular target for his side's deep crosses.
With his tiny frame and his white socks pulled up above his knees he looked like a schoolboy who had accidentally wandered on to the seniors' pitch.
"When you have new strikers, especially one of them playing for the first time, it's a risk but the team played well and that gave them the security to play their game and it was a good start for them," Menezes said.
"What we saw today confirmed what we'd seen in the under-20 team. The injuries accelerated their introduction but we don't want to do everything at once.
"Brazilian football has a lot of players you can bring in and expect a good performance but it was still a surprise (how well they did) given their lack of experience."
"His talent isn't going to disappear and that would give him more strength and allow him to escape markers better. It would be g
