CBF confirms Neymar injury, and star could miss the World Cup | OneFootball

Santos player to miss Brazil national team’s World Cup warm-up friendlies

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) announced this Thursday (28) that player Neymar has a grade-two calf injury. Therefore, the player from the São Paulo club will miss the Brazil national team’s World Cup warm-up friendlies.

– Neymar reported yesterday here at the training center and underwent all the medical exams, as well as additional tests. With the MRI, we determined it is a calf injury, and not just swelling -, said doctor Rodrigo Lasmar, who added:

– The forward remains under treatment, and our expectation is that within two to three weeks the player will be cleared. Of course, things are being handled patiently, and we are able to assess his progress day by day, but that is the initial expectation -, he stated.

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As a result, Santos’ No. 10 will miss the matches against Panama on Sunday (31) and Egypt on June 6. However, if the recovery takes three weeks, the star will miss Brazil’s World Cup opener, which is scheduled for June 13.

That is because the injury would only make the forward available on the 18th, the eve of the Brazil national team’s second match at the World Cup. In two weeks, however, the player would return two days before the opener against Morocco.

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Carlo Ancelotti called up Lucas Paquetá, Danilo, Alex Sandro and Léo Pereira for the World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico. On the list of alternates, however, Pedro could also appear if Neymar is ruled out.

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