The Brazilian national team believes that the players of the Serbian national team deliberately injured striker Neymar in the first round of the group stage match of the 2022 World Cup, which takes place in Qatar. This is reported by Marca.
Neymar was injured in the meeting with Serbia, which took place on November 24 and ended with the victory of the Brazilians with a score of 2-0. The 30-year-old forward was unable to play to the end of the match and was substituted in the 79th minute. The Brazilian national team medical staff said the player will definitely miss the remaining two games at the 2022 World Cup group stage.
According to the newspaper, the Brazilian team believes that the players of the Serbian team were instructed before the match to injure Neymar and another forward Vinicius Júnior.
In the remaining games in the group stage of World Cup 2022 the Brazilians will meet Switzerland (November 28) and Cameroon (December 2).
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