Doha: Brazil duo Neymar and Danilo will miss their nation’s remaining two World Cup group video games and face a combat to be match for the knockout stage after sustaining accidents in Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia, a supply near the crew advised Reuters on Friday.
Brazil high Group G and subsequent face Switzerland and Cameroon, with out their most well-known participant Neymar and ever-reliable fullback Danilo, although the crew’s physician confirmed solely that they’d miss the Swiss sport.”
Neymar and Danilo went by way of an MRI on Friday afternoon and we discovered ligament injury within the ankle of each of them,” Rodrigo Lasmar advised reporters.
“They may miss the subsequent sport for positive and we will likely be cautious as they may endure therapy as a way to attempt to get them in form to allow them to play once more within the World Cup.”
Neymar has had issues along with his proper foot and ankle for a number of years and seemed distraught when he left the pitch late in Thursday’s match.
Within the 2014 World Cup he suffered a again damage within the quarter-final victory over Colombia, ruling him out of the 7-1 semi-final defeat by Germany.
Including to Brazil’s issues, winger Antony and midfielder Lucas Paqueta are each in poor health and will additionally miss the match towards Switzerland on Monday.