The Brazilian team ended, on the morning of this Friday (12), the preparation for the World Cup debut. This Saturday (13), at 7pm (Brasília time), the Brazil faces Morocco at the MetLife Stadium, in New Jersey, in Group C of the World Cupwhich is based in the United States and also brings together Haiti and Scotland.
Only the first 15 minutes of the activity at the Columbia Park Training Center (CT), in Morristown, could be followed by the press. After warming up, the outfield players performed physical workin which they were encouraged to quickly change direction as prompted by the trainer.
There was no distribution of vests to athletes. In other words, in front of the cameras and the presence of journalists, coach Carlo Ancelotti, once again, did not confirm the team that will start in the debut. The expectation is that the Italian coach will give more details about the formation at the press conference he will give this Friday afternoon, at 5:30 pmalongside striker Vinicius Júnior, at MetLife Stadium.
Brazil’s likely lineup for Saturday includes: Alisson; Danilo (Ibañez), Marquinhos, Gabriel Magalhães and Alex Sandro (Douglas Santos); Casemiro, Bruno Guimarães and Lucas Paquetá; Raphinha, Matheus Cunha and Vinícius Júnior.
There were expectations about Neymar’s presence in activity, but the striker, who is still treating a grade 2 injury in his right calf, remains in the Brazilian team’s medical department and physiotherapy. Since being called up, number 10 has not done any training on the field with his teammates.both in Brazil and in the United States.
Neymar appeared injured at Granja Comary, in Teresópolis (RJ), on May 27. The information released by Santos was that it was an edema in the calfbut subsequent exams, carried out in Brazil, identified a more serious injury, with a prediction of two to three weeks of recovery, according to the Brazilian team doctor, Rodrigo Lasmar.
In the most positive scenario, the attacker would have returned to training last Thursday (11). The technical committee hopes to have number 10 available for the second match of the World Cup, next Friday (19), at 9:30 pm, against Haiti, at Lincoln Financial Field, in Philadelphia. Ancelotti has already said he will not cut Neymar. If you change your mind, you only have until this Friday to do so.
