Brazil has been deprived of its emblematic attacker since October 2023, following a lesion of the anterior cruciate ligament (LCA) and the meniscus of the left knee. However, the 33 -year -old striker was initially held in the Dorival workforce for the next qualification games for the World Cup against Colombia and Argentina, but he has since been forfeit due to a thigh injury.
Friday, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) officially confirmed the absence of Neymar, the Manchester City Ederson and Danilo of Flamengo goalkeeper for the next international meetings. Following this announcement, Neymar spoke on social networks to express his frustration of not being able to wear the emblematic yellow jersey of Brazil again after an absence of almost 18 months.
A too heavy jersey
In a moving message on Instagram, Neymar wrote: “It seemed so close, but unfortunately, I can't get into the heaviest jersey in the world right now!” Thank you to everyone who sent me support messages. We discussed for a long time and everyone knows that I wanted to come back, but we reached a consensus and decided not to take any risks and to prepare us better to avoid any injury! »»
The young Real Madrid attacker, Endrick, was called to fill the offensive vacuum. The Lyon goalkeeper Lucas Perri and the defender of Flamengo, Alex Sandro, were also summoned to replace Ederson and Danilo.
