Tite has confirmed that Neymar is in rivalry to determine for Brazil of their last-16 showdown with South Korea on the 2022 World Cup.
- Ahead suffered knock in opposition to Serbia
- Scans have cleared him to renew coaching
- Selecao getting ready to face South Korea in last-16
WHAT HAPPENED? The Paris Saint-Germain celebrity picked up an ankle harm throughout a primary group stage outing in Qatar, with some tough remedy from Serbia leaving him caught on the sidelines. Neymar has, nevertheless, been eased again into coaching by the Selecao medical group and is predicted to play some half within the essential knockout fixture on Monday.
WHAT THEY SAID: Tite has informed reporters when delivering the newest replace on the 30-year-old’s health: “Relating to Neymar, he’s going to observe this afternoon and if he’s OK, he’ll play tomorrow. I don’t share any info that isn’t true. My reply is he’ll observe this afternoon, if all the things goes nicely, he’ll play.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Neymar’s return couldn’t be extra well timed for Brazil as they’ve seen Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus dominated out for the rest of the event with a knee harm suffered throughout a shock defeat to Cameroon. Tite added: “Arsenal have an important medical division, we now have an important medical division, we really feel sorry for Gabriel Jesus, Neymar and Thiago (Silva) spoke to him, they spoke to Alex (Telles). We are able to’t take the ache away, simply attempt to make them really feel higher, to strengthen them.”
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WHAT NEXT? With scans displaying that Neymar is ready to step again into the Brazil fold, he shall be hoping to make amends for earlier outings on the 2014 World Cup and 2019 Copa America that have been minimize brief by harm – with the modern-day nice nonetheless ready on a primary senior worldwide triumph together with his nation.