FIFA World Cup: Neymar and Danilo to overlook remainder of group stage with ankle accidents

Brazil duo Neymar and Danilo will miss their nation’s remaining two World Cup group video games and face a struggle to be match for the knockout stage after sustaining accidents in Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia, a supply near the group instructed Reuters on Friday.

Brazil prime Group G and subsequent face Switzerland and Cameroon. The group’s physician stated that talisman Neymar and ever-reliable full again Danilo would solely miss the Swiss recreation.

“Neymar and Danilo went by an MRI on Friday afternoon and we discovered ligament injury within the ankle of each of them,” Rodrigo Lasmar stated in an announcement shared by the Brazilian Soccer Confederation (CBF).

“They may miss the following recreation for positive and we can be cautious as they’ll bear remedy with a view to attempt to get them in form to allow them to play once more within the World Cup.”

Neymar has had issues together 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 harm within the quarter-final victory over Colombia, ruling him out of the 7-1 semi-final defeat by Germany.

At Russia 2018, accidents once more hampered his dream of profitable the World Cup. Early in 2018, Neymar suffered a sprained proper ankle that affected the fifth metatarsal in his foot.

He missed 16 video games for Paris St Germain on the finish of the 2018-19 home season and was by no means absolutely match as he performed by ache for Brazil in Russia till they had been knocked out by Belgium within the quarter-finals.

The ahead suffered comparable accidents in 2019 and final yr.

His alternative needs to be Actual Madrid prodigy Rodrygo, who performed in Neymar’s place in Brazil’s three follow video games that Reuters had entry to in Turin within the week previous to the World Cup.

Nonetheless, the most important query mark is concerning Danilo’s alternative, as 39-year-old veteran Dani Alves is the one proper again accessible.

The previous Barcelona man performed his final recreation for Mexican facet UNAM Pumas in September and sustained a knee harm that has been troubling him since.

Brazil coach Tite examined Actual Madrid centre again Eder Militao as a full again of their pleasant match in opposition to Ghana and might be an alternative choice together with Liverpool midfielder Fabinho, who additionally has performed without any consideration again earlier than.

Winger Antony and midfielder Lucas Paqueta are each sick and will additionally miss the match in opposition to Switzerland on Monday.