🚨 Will he miss the World Cup? Brazil confirm Neymar injury | OneFootball

It’s now official: the Brazilians’ medical staff have confirmed that Neymar was hit harder than initially hoped. On Thursday, shortly before the press conference with Casemiro, team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar provided an update. 

He explained that Neymar will be out for two to three weeks with a muscle fiber injury. That was the result of the MRI scan. This means he will definitely miss the final two friendlies before the World Cup against Panama (on May 31) and Egypt (on June 6). 

There are still 16 days until the tournament opener against Morocco on June 13, but it will be a real race against time. It’s possible that he could miss that match as well. However, the Brazilian federation did not want to comment on that.

The question, of course, is also whether Neymar will be fit enough to play in the World Cup at all. That will depend on his further progress and recovery.

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