Brazil coach Tite says he is confident Neymar will play again at the 2022 World Cup. Team-mate Marquinhos has revealed the star striker is undergoing his 24-hour physiotherapy session as he continues to recover from the ankle injury sustained in the season opener against Serbia.
Brazil has confirmed that it will miss Monday’s second match against Switzerland. He is also likely to miss the third and final group stage match against Cameroon on December 2, according to ESPN sources.
Right-back Danilo was also feared to miss the rest of the tournament due to an ankle injury to Neymar, who was substituted off the bench, but Tait on Sunday expected both players to be at the same level in the competition. He said he does. .
“I believe that Neymar and Danilo will play the World Cup,” Tite told a news conference. “I believe in that. Medically, clinically, they can talk more about the stages of the treatment. [But] I have no place to talk. I trust that we will be able to use both of them.”
Neymar was substituted in the 80th minute of a 2–0 victory, but it was later revealed he was injured early in the game after a hard tackle by Nikola Milenkovic.
Tite said he took responsibility for not replacing Neymar sooner and was unaware the forward was injured.
“He was injured, I didn’t see that he was injured, we didn’t have that information, I didn’t notice. The information didn’t come, it didn’t come, he tried to stay in the field, until he fell. At that moment he was able to continue for the team, to participate in the goals.”
Brazilian defender Marquinhos has revealed that Neymar is sleeping in a physiotherapy room at a hotel in Doha, Qatar. The defender said Neymar has been through a lot of emotions since her injury, but she is focused on playing her part at this World Cup.
“I think that, at the time, at the moment, it’s a delicate, difficult situation. After the match, I saw him sad, it’s normal, because of everything he dreamed of, wanted, the desire he had,” Marquinhos said of Neymar’s injury.
“But today, after exams, treatment, he is sleeping in physiotherapy, doing physiotherapy 24 hours a day. This shows how much he wants to be with us, that’s it. We don’t know when. Today we see him much better. It’s very important to be with us. a good head, which greatly influences this moment of recovery. I see him very confident when he returns. And that helps with his return.”
Marquinhos said the team was strong enough without Neymar and Danilo, but
emphasized how important they are to the team.
“In a World Cup, [as Tite] can say, he wanted to have the 26 players available. But we showed before and we are ready to show again that the group is strong, well trained, ready for any divergence.
“That was said, we know, that not always the team that starts will finish. Sometimes due to injury, because one is better than the other.”
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