{"id":6785,"date":"2026-05-21T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/neymar-set-to-shake-off-injury-scare-to-play-for-brazil-at-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:41:04","slug":"neymar-set-to-shake-off-injury-scare-to-play-for-brazil-at-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/neymar-set-to-shake-off-injury-scare-to-play-for-brazil-at-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar set to shake off injury scare to play for Brazil at World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>All-time record Brazil scorer Neymar misses Santos draw with San Lorenzo in the Copa Sudamericana due to calf injury.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Neymar has suffered \u200ca minor calf injury but is expected to recover in \u2060time to join \u2060Brazil\u2019s camp next week, before the World Cup starting on June 11 in the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The \u206034-year-old, Brazil\u2019s all-time leading scorer, was named in the squad on Monday, marking his return after a prolonged injury layoff that kept \u2060him out for much of the qualifying campaign, as Brazil chase a record-extending sixth title.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/5\/20\/north-korean-women-win-in-south-to-reach-asian-champions-league-final\">Tears as North Korean women win in South to reach AFC Champions League final<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/5\/20\/top-five-factors-behind-arsenals-first-premier-league-title-in-22-years\">How Arsenal overcame their demons to win the Premier League title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/5\/19\/southampton-expelled-from-worlds-most-lucrative-football-match-for-spying\">Southampton expelled from world\u2019s most lucrative football match for spying<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2026\/5\/18\/guardiola-on-verge-of-manchester-city-exit-at-end-of-premier-league-season\">Guardiola on verge of Manchester City exit at end of Premier League season<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Much of the build-up to the squad announcement centred on coach Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s decision over whether to include Neymar.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian, who took \u200ccharge of Brazil last year, had not previously recalled the former Barcelona and Paris St Germain attacker, who now plays for Santos and is set to feature at his fourth World Cup in pursuit of his first world title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeymar has a minor calf injury, an oedema,\u201d Santos\u2019 head of medical services Rodrigo Zogaib told \u2060Brazil\u2019s ge.globo on Wednesday. \u201cBut, according to our planning, \u2060his progress will allow him to be fit next week when he will join up with the national team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neymar, who has 79 goals in 128 internationals and has not \u2060featured for Brazil since 2023, continues to face scrutiny over his fitness and form.<\/p>\n<p>His stint at \u2060Saudi club Al-Hilal was disrupted by injuries, \u2060and he returned to boyhood club Santos last year but has struggled to recapture his form.<\/p>\n<p>Neymar missed Santos\u2019s 2-2 home draw with San Lorenzo in the Copa Sudamericana on \u200cWednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil open their World Cup campaign against Morocco on June 13 in New Jersey, before facing Haiti and Scotland in Group C.<\/p>\n<p>They are \u200cscheduled \u200cto play warm-up matches against Panama on May 31 and Egypt in the lead-up to the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All-time record Brazil scorer Neymar misses Santos draw with San Lorenzo in the Copa Sudamericana due to calf injury. 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