Brazil handed surprise Neymar fitness update at FIFA World Cup

Brazil have been handed hope that Neymar Jr. may very well be accessible for his or her 2022 FIFA World Cup group-stage conflict in opposition to Cameroon on Friday (2 December).

This is able to nonetheless imply the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) ahead misses the World Cup group-stage conflict in opposition to Switzerland on 28 November. But when they do not beat the Swiss, then his presence may very well be very important for supervisor Tite in opposition to the African nation.

Brazil received their 2022 FIFA World Cup opener in opposition to Serbia by a 2-0 margin, with Richarlison scoring two objectives within the second half. Neymar being substituted within the eightieth minute was the one dampener on their day, and it was later revealed he had a swollen ankle.

Preliminary studies claimed Neymar would miss Brazil’s two remaining group-stage video games. However Globo (h/t @BrasilEdition) states that he may very well be match to take the sector in opposition to Cameroon.

🚨Globo: There may be hope that Neymar may very well be able to take the sector in opposition to Cameroon subsequent Friday. https://t.co/veBYFIUoOH

The PSG attacker had suffered a vertebral fracture in opposition to Colombia within the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-final, lacking the semi-final consequently. The Selecao Canarinho had been battered 7-1 by Germany, which led many to surprise if the scoreline would have been the identical had Neymar performed.

Tite, in the meantime, may discipline Antony as a substitute of the PSG playmaker in opposition to the Swiss – the participant who changed him in opposition to Serbia with 10 minutes to go. He additionally has Rodrygo, Gabriel Martinelli, and Gabriel Jesus on the bench in assault.

Brazil’s 2022 FIFA World Cup hero remembers feeling ‘like a King’ after carrying Neymar’s No. 10 at Olympics

Richarlison’s brace was sufficient handy Brazil the proper begin to their 2022 FIFA World Cup marketing campaign.

The Tottenham Hotspur star is not any stranger to scoring for the nationwide crew. He has scored a complete of 19 objectives in 39 appearances (excluding Olympic appearances) for the senior Brazilian crew and was the top-scorer on the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

He scored 5 occasions within the competitors as Brazil retained their Olympic Gold medal. Recalling the time he wore the No. 10 jersey in Tokyo, the previous Everton ahead advised Olympics.com:

“I used to be actually blissful, I found within the ultimate that I used to be high scorer, my first time as high scorer. And like I stated, the quantity 10 shirt of Pele, Neymar, Ronaldinho, I felt like a king as a result of they gave me the quantity 10 and I completed up as high scorer, simply as individuals count on to seeing from the Brazil No.10.

Richarlison added: