Neymar was seen on video leaving the Brazil training session after participating in a light training drill with a few of his teammates about 20 minutes into the practice. However, Brazilian officials were quick to say that the injury was to his ankle, rather than the foot, and was a result of the 10 fouls Neymar had suffered at the hands of his Swiss opponents on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cNeymark complained of ankle pains, due to the number of fouls suffered against Switzerland,\u201d team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said in a statement. \u201cAs the training was a recovery session, he was referred to physiotherapy.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\nAccording to Lasmar, Neymar should be ready to resume training with the team on Wednesday, and be ready to compete in Brazil\u2019s next match on Friday against Costa Rica.<\/p>\n
History of World Cup Injuries<\/strong><\/h2>\nWhile that news is encouraging, Brazilian supporters will likely need to see Neymar play again before they believe he\u2019s back to 100 percent. That\u2019s not just because of the broken foot he suffered earlier this year, but also because of his history of injuries at the World Cup.<\/p>\n
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Back in the 2014 World Cup, Neymar fractured a vertebra during Brazil\u2019s 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Colombia. That ruled him out of the remainder of the tournament, and may have contributed to the 7-1 embarrassment Brazil suffered at the hands of Germany in the semifinals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nBrazil came into the 2018 World Cup as favorites to win their sixth world championship. But they failed to impress in their first match, as an early goal by Philippe Coutinho was matched by one in the second half by Switzerland\u2019s Steven Zuber.<\/p>\n
Neymar failed to make much of an impact on the action, though the 10 fouls committed against him \u2013 the most against any player in a single match at the World Cup in 20 years \u2013 may have had something to do with that.<\/p>\n
Still, some commentators put the blame for those fouls on Neymar himself, saying that he spent too much time trying to beat defenders individually rather than doing what was best for Brazil.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other night against Switzerland, numerous times [Neymar was] just looking to attract three or four players over just to build a skills compilation on YouTube,\u201d former Chelsea winger Damien Duff said during a discussion on Irish television network RTE. \u201cHe\u2019s so much better than that. He\u2019s utterly world class and I just wish he played for the team more than himself.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the injury concerns are worrying bettors or bookmakers, they aren\u2019t showing it yet. Despite the news, Brazil remains the 4\/1 favorite to win the World Cup, according to William Hill, just ahead of Spain (9\/2).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brazil\u2019s supporters were already a little anxious following their team\u2019s surprising 1-1 draw with Switzerland to start the 2018 World Cup. An apparent injury to superstar striker Neymar isn\u2019t going to make them feel any better ahead of the squad\u2019s next match. Neymar limped off from Brazil\u2019s training session on Tuesday, raising fears that he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":81289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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