Neymar wants to drive with Brazil to the 2026 World Cup. However, he still has to convince coach Carlo Ancelotti. However, he now has to pause again due to injury.
FC Santos announced on Friday eveningthat Neymar ended team training prematurely with pain in the right thigh. Detailed investigations provided an injury in the muscle there, so that the offensive player will not be available for the time being. So he still does not get going after he was borrowed from Al-Hilal to the former youth club at the beginning of the year.
Get in 21 appearances Neymar Six goals and three templates. However, he missed over a third of the competitive games because the body-like in his time anything else as successful time in Saudi Arabia-did not play along. Accordingly, the right foot has not played a role in the national team for some time. The last time he came to the train in October 2023 in the 0-2 loss in Uruguay.
Brazil: Does Ancelotti build on Neymar?
The World Cup qualification ultimately mastered the rarely convincing Brazil without Neymar, who with 79 goals with 128 missions of the record scorer of the Selecao is. For this is now Carlo Ancelotti responsible. With a view to the now 33-year-old, he emphasized: “In order to be able to fully exploit his talent in modern football, a player must be in good physical shape” (via transfermarkt.de).
Neymar has rarely reached his top level in recent years and will also be out of Asia trip with games against South Korea and Japan. However, the door is not yet closed for him. “If he is in top shape, he will have no problems playing in the national team. Everyone wants to see Neymar in good physical shape in the national team,” said Ancelotti. After his renewed break, the superstar should get going quickly – not only because of the desired return to the national team, but also due to the sporting situation of FC Santos, which currently only separates one point from the relegation zone.
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