Examination indicates grade two calf injury and striker is expected to be absent from the national team in their debut against Morocco
Neymar suffered a right calf muscle injury and your recovery will take two to three weeksreported this Thursday (28) the Brazilian team’s doctor, Rodrigo Lasmar. This puts The star’s participation in Brazil’s debut is at risk in the World Cup against Morocco.
Neymar, 34 years old, will miss Brazil in friendlies against Panama, on Sunday (31), in Rio de Janeiro, and against Egypt, on June 6, in Cleveland, in the United States, and is unlikely to be available for the Seleção’s debut at the World Cup, on June 13th.
An MRI “identified a grade two muscle injury. Our expectation is that it will be released within two or three weeks,” said the doctor at the Granja Comary complex, near Rio, where the Seleção began its concentration for the World Cup on Wednesday (27).
He’s passing by intensive treatment and your evolution will be evaluated dailyadded the doctor in a statement to the press.
Neymar presented himself to the Seleção camp on Wednesday, at the request of coach Carlo Ancelotti, but did not participate in the first training of the team.
He had already missed the last few matches for Santos, whose coach Cuca stated that the attacker suffered a “minor injury”, a simple knock.
The greatest scorer in the history of the national team, with 79 goals, Neymar was coached by Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti for the World Cup, which will be held from June 11 to July 19 in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star played his last match for the Seleção in October 2023, against Uruguay, in the South American Qualifiers.
