Depends... Ancelotti on Neymar's chances of facing 🇯🇵 | OneFootball

After more than a month without playing, Neymar made his FIFA World Cup 2026 debut, featuring for fourteen minutes against Scotland.

But will Brazil’s No. 10 be used again in this decisive clash on Monday (29) against Japan?

At a press conference this Sunday (28), Carlo Ancelotti spoke about Neymar’s progress.

But he made it clear that his possible appearance on the pitch is not a certainty:

"Neymar is progressing very well (...) It’s a shame that he couldn’t train the whole time he was with us. Obviously, he can play more than 15 minutes. It depends a lot on the context of tomorrow’s game (Monday)"

Japan is — interestingly — Neymar’s main victim in a Brazil shirt. He has scored nine goals in five matches.

Top of Group C, Brazil will face Japan, the runner-up in Group F, starting at 2 p.m. (Brasília time) at NRG Stadium in Houston.

The team that advances will face the winner of Ivory Coast versus Norway in the round of 16. 

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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