This is an archive article published on November 13, 2020

Injured Neymar ruled out of Brazil’s World Cup qualifiers

Brazil's soccer confederation on Thursday confirmed Neymar will not play in the South American qualifying match on Tuesday in Montevideo.

PSG's Neymar reacts after he was blocked during the Champions League group H match between Basaksehir and PSG in Istanbul, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. (Ozan Kose/Pool via AP)

By: AP

1 min readNov 13, 2020 09:35 AM IST First published on: Nov 13, 2020 at 09:35 AM IST

Neymar has been ruled out of Brazil’s World Cup qualifier against Uruguay next week because of a groin injury he sustained playing for Paris-Saint-Germain in a Champions League game.

Brazil’s soccer confederation on Thursday confirmed Neymar will not play in the South American qualifying match on Tuesday in Montevideo.

PSG coach Thomas Tuchel last week said it would be “impossible” for Neymar to play for Brazil as he recovered from the injury, but Brazil coach Tite insisted that the striker travel.

Neymar had already been ruled out of Friday’s game against Venezuela.

Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said Neymar’s recovery after four days off training was not enough.