Brazil with a tailor-made start: Neymar injury spoils the joy

Brazil with a tailor-made start: Neymar injury spoils the joy

With an initially laborious and later impressive performance, the Brazilian national team brought in a sovereign 2-0 win against Serbia. The joy of the record world champion was still a bit sad. Ironically, superstar neymar had to be replaced due to injury in the 79th minute of the game.

Despite Brazil’s strong display against Serbia, the Brazilian superstar cried tears of pain rather than happiness. The 30-year-old injured his ankle in a foul by Nikola Milenkovic and then dragged himself through the game more until he finally had to be substituted. Accordingly, the player sat on the bench crying and with a badly swollen ankle in the final phase.

Needless to say, this brings back memories of 2014, when Neymar was seriously injured against Colombia and missed the semifinals against Germany. The end of the story is well known.

It is impossible to make precise forecasts at this point in time. First of all, further medical examinations must take place. For Brazil and the superstar himself, a longer absence would of course be extremely bitter. Although there are numerous top players available as substitutes in Anthony, Rodrygo and Gabriel Jesus, Neymar is of course the offensive leader par excellence and has more experience than the alternatives mentioned.

Brazil will play against Switzerland on November 28 and Cameroon on December 2 for a place in the knockout stages. A Neymar failure in these two games would probably still be tolerable. If then, however, hard chunks like FranceEngland, Spain and Co are waiting, the absence of the PSG star would of course be a severe blow.

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