Injured Neymar ruled out of World Cup

Injured Neymar
Injured Neymar
Brazil forward Neymar has been ruled out of the World Cup with a back injury suffered in the 2-1 quarter-final win over Colombia.

The 22-year-old fractured a vertebra in his back when he was kneed in a challenge by Juan Zuniga.

Neymar was in tears when he carried off on a stretcher, afore being taken to hospital in Fortaleza. Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari verbally expressed: “Neymar was going to be hunted. For three matches that has been transpiring.” Team medico Rodrigo Lasmar told Brazil’s SportTV: “Unfortunately, he’s not going to be able to play. He is very, disconsolate.” “It’s not earnest in the sense that it doesn’t need surgery, but he’ll need to immobilise it to recuperate.” Lasmar integrated that he expected the recuperation period to take at least a few weeks. Neymar recuperated from thigh and knee injuries sustained in the second-round win over Chile to play against Colombia. He has featured in all five of Brazil’s matches at the 2014 FIFAWorld Cup and is their top scorer with four goals.

Neymar had a quiet game on Tuesday and was superseded in the 88th minute after Zuniga challenged him for a header in an incident that went unpenalized by referee Carlos Velasco Carballo. Scolari verbally expressed: “Not even a yellow card, nothing. “People cerebrate Germany, these or the others, only they are hunted but not Neymar.”

Zuniga verbalized: “I never betokened to hurt a player. It was a mundane move. “I was playing for the shirt from my country, not with the intent to injure. I was just forfending my shirt.” Thiago Silva’s early goal and a stunning David Luiz free-kick in the second half set up victory for Brazil, who withstood a tardy Colombia onslaught that visually perceived James Rodriguez score an 80th-minute penalty. Brazil meet Germany in the semi-final in Belo Horizonte at 21:00 BST on Tuesday. The hosts’ captain, Thiago Silva, will withal miss that game through suspension after picking up a second booking of the tournament against Colombia. The final will be held at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, July 13.

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