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Neymar has been ruled out of Brazil’s next two World Cup games after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle, says their team doctor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 30-year-old forward was replaced in 80th minute of\u00a0<\/span>Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia<\/span>\u00a0after a heavy tackle by Nikola Milenkovic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Neymar sat with his face covered while receiving treatment and pictures showed his right ankle was swollen.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He described the injury as “one of the hardest moments of my career”.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Nothing in my life came easy and I’ve always had to work for my dreams and goals,” Neymar wrote on\u00a0<\/span>Instagram<\/span>. “I have wished no one anything bad and always helped who needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m injured, yes it’s not nice, it will hurt but I’m sure I will have the chance to come back because I’ll do everything possible to help my country, my team-mates and myself.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Right-back Danilo will also miss the next two games with ankle damage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brazil<\/span>\u00a0face\u00a0<\/span>Switzerland<\/span>\u00a0in their second Group G game on Monday (16:00 GMT), before playing\u00a0<\/span>Cameroon<\/span>\u00a0next Friday (19:00 BST).<\/span><\/p>\n

“Neymar and Danilo went through a MRI on Friday afternoon and we found ligament damage in the ankle of both of them,” said Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It is important to be calm and evaluate day by day. The idea is to recover them for the rest of the competition.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking after the win against\u00a0<\/span>Serbia<\/span>, Brazil head coach Tite said they were “confident Neymar will continue playing in the World Cup” and that he “didn’t see he was injured – the capacity he has to overcome it tricked even me”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Paris St-Germain striker has suffered a number of injury problems with his right foot over the past few years.<\/span><\/p>\n

He missed the 2019 Copa America after suffering torn ligaments in his right ankle and was out for several weeks in 2021 with a similar injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neymar was fouled nine times during the game against Serbia, drawing four more free-kicks than any other player at this year’s World Cup so far.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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