Éder Militão to undergo surgery and miss the World Cup | OneFootball

It was one of Ancelotti’s concerns ever since he suffered the injury, and in the end, the worst news was confirmed.

The news coming in for the Brazil National Team a month and a half before the start of the 2026 World Cup is not good. Carlo Ancelotti keeps losing players, and this time it is a major absence. Reports from Spain confirmed that the injury suffered by Éder Militao will force him to undergo surgery and will rule him out of the World Cup.

“Éder Militao will have to undergo surgery for his new hamstring injury in his left leg,” reported COPE journalist Miguel Ángel Díaz. “The Brazilian reopened the scar tissue from the original injury he suffered in December against Celta. Unfortunately, he will miss the World Cup,” he added.

Éder Militao set off alarm bells in Madrid and Brazil last Tuesday, in the match against Deportivo Alavés. The 28-year-old center-back was substituted before halftime with visible signs of pain in the area that, as Díaz reports, he had already injured some time ago.

Éder Militao’s original injury

To understand what happened to Éder Militao, we have to go back to the beginning of December 2025. On December 7, to be more precise, Real Madrid faced Celta de Vigo on Matchday 15 of LALIGA. In that match, Militao felt discomfort and was substituted in the 25th minute of the first half.

Hours later, Real Madrid reported a “tear in the biceps femoris of the left leg involving the proximal tendon,” a diagnosis that projected a recovery time of no less than four months. Militao took the necessary time before returning, but he injured the same area again and will no longer be able to avoid surgery.

Ancelotti keeps losing players

Éder Militao is the latest absence in a worrying list and reality for the Brazil National Team. Rodrygo and Willian Estevao, two players who also seemed certain to be among the 26, suffered injuries of their own that will keep them out of the World Cup.

On May 11, Ancelotti must submit a preliminary list of 55 players, while May 30 will be the day the 26 names going to the World Cup are officially announced.

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