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Women's football: Uttara FC thrash Farashganj SC 4-0
Uttara Football Club earned a 4-0 win over Farashganj Sporting Club in the Bashundhara Group Women's Football League 2021-22 at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka's Kamalapur Monday.
Sadia Akter struck twice in the 28th and 84th minutes; Lipi Akter and Rojena Akter scored one goal each for Uttara in the 61st and 85th minutes, respectively.
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In the day's other match, Siraj Smriti Sangsad outplayed Dhaka Rangers 5-0 at the same venue in the afternoon.
For the winners, Joynab Bibi Rita scored in the 7th and 36th minutes; Thuinuye Marma also netted a brace in the 78th and 90+2 minutes. Trishna Rani found the back of the net in the 86th minute.
FIFA World Cup 2022 Brazil vs South Korea LIVE Streaming: Predicted XI, How to watch online and TV Channel
Here you can get all the details as to When, Where, and How you can watch the FIFA World Cup 2022 between Brazil vs South Korea Live Streaming on Round 16
FIFA World Cup Super-16: South Korea will aim to pull off yet another FIFA World Cup 2022 shock when they take on five-time champions Brazil in Monday's last-16 showdown at Stadium 974.
How and Where to watch FIFA World Cup 2022 Brazil vs South Korea live in Bangladesh?
Bangladesh has a large number of fans who are watching FIFA World Cup 2022. Viewers can watch the match live on all of these channels: T Sports, BTV, PTE LTD and Viacom 18.
Toffee apps FIFA World Cup 2022 live-The digital platform powered by Banglalink
FIFA world cup Qatar 2022 is being live telecasting on various apps. Bangladesh viewers can also enjoy live stream between France vs Poland online the World Cup games on Toffee, the digital platform powered by Banglalink.
On social media Facebook pages and YouTube channels also live the match.
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How to watch Brazil vs South Korea live stream in India
In India, the World Cup is being live streamed on Sports18, but every game is being shown for free and in 4K via the JioCinema app. You can live stream Brazil vs South Korea tonight.
In Hindi, English, Malayalam, Bengali and Tamil Coverage is available and the JioCinema app is compatible with Chromecast, if you want to get a big-screen experience.
How to watch Brazil vs South Korea live stream in Australia
Soccer fans in Australia can enjoy Brazil vs South Korea, along with every World Cup 2022 game, on free-to-air SBS. You can tune in on your TV or live stream France vs Poland using SBS if you need.
This is free to use SBS on Demand and also it works on a range of smart devices as well as mobile phones, web browsers and smart TVs
How to watch Brazil vs South Korea live stream World Cup 2022 soccer in the US without cable
Brazil vs South Korea live stream without cable
Don’t` worry If you don't have cable TV, you can enjoy match live. A cord-cutting service is what for instant access to Fox and FS1. Sling Blue is the cheapest. Its only $40 per month but you needs to get first month half-price with this discount.
All of the matches of the World Cup is also being telecasted live on Peacock TV. The Peacock price may in at $4.99 a month and the service also proposals live coverage of the WWE, NFL, EPL and.
If you want to subscribe to Peacock, Sling or any other US live streaming service, and find yourself unable to access coverage because you're out of the country, you can consider using a VPN
How to watch Brazil vs South Korea live sluice in UK
Football suckers in the UK can watch France vs Denmark live sluice for free on BBC iPlayer, along with numerous further World Cup 2022 games, as content of the event is resolve unevenly between the BBC and ITV.
UK Football suckers can enjoy live match of BBC iPlayer that's free to use, It works across a wide range of bias including laptops, smart TVs, mobile phones, games consoles, tablets and others streaming sticks. You can watch all the other FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 live aqueducts for free on ITV Hub.
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Brazil vs South Korea match live: Where can you watch?
United States –: Fox Sports app, FOX, Telemundo, fuboTV, , Telemundo Deportes En Vivo
United Kingdom –: BBC Sport Website, BBC One; Live Stream: BBC iPlayer,
Australia –: Live Stream: SBS On Demand, SBS;
Canada –: TSN app, CTV, TSN, fuboTV,
Malaysia –: Astro Go, RTM, Astro, Live Stream
Nigeria – Showmax Pro and SuperSport.
Singapore –: Channel 5, Mediacorp; Live Stream on Singapore: StarHub TV+, IPTV, Singtel TV
Hong Kong – Live Stream: Now TV, ViuTV: BeIN Sports, ITV;
Where is Brazil vs South Korea Match?
Brazil vs South Korea: at Stadium 974
What time and date will the FIFA World Cup 2022 Brazil vs South Korea match are played?
The Brazil vs South Korea FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round of 16 match will take place on Tuesday (December 6), 12:30 AM IST.
Brazil vs South Korea lineups: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Brazil possible starting lineup:
Neymar, Alisson;, Marquinhos, Militao Silva, Danilo; Paqueta, Richarlison, Casemiro, Raphinha, Vinicius Jr
South Korea possible starting lineup:
Seung-gyu; Young-gwon, Moon-hwan, Kyung-won, Woo-young, Jin-su; In-beom,; Hee-chan, Kang-in, Heung-min; Gue-sung.
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Messi’s sidekick Julián Álvarez flourishing at the World Cup
This season has been quite an education for Julián Álvarez.
From being the understudy to Erling Haaland in his first year at Manchester City to being the sidekick to Lionel Messi for Argentina at the World Cup, Álvarez is learning from the biggest stars in soccer.
He’s on the path to becoming one himself.
Two starts, two goals. How about that for your first World Cup?
As someone who once scored six goals in a single match in the Copa Libertadores, the 22-year-old Álvarez seems born to deliver on the big stage.
At the World Cup, he’s living out his dream: playing alongside Messi — one of game’s all-time greats — in front of fans who are making more noise than any other travelling contingent in Qatar.
“A huge joy,” Álvarez said after Argentina’s 2-1 win over Australia in the round of 16 on Saturday.
“I always try to give my best to help from wherever I play. On the field or being on the bench cheering on my teammates. We are going to go down this path to continue making Argentines happy.”
Álvarez has profited from fellow striker Lautaro Martínez’s failure to establish himself as the starting center forward for Argentina. The difference in the two players’ form was all too apparent against Australia.
While Martinez fluffed two big chances late in the game after coming on as a substitute, Álvarez — the man he replaced — scored with his only real opportunity. The goal summed up the type of player he is, and why he is already so treasured by Argentina’s passionate fans.
Allied to his lethal finishing is a relentless work ethic that was demonstrated when Álvarez closed down Mathew Ryan as the Australia goalkeeper dallied on the ball inside his area. Also under pressure from Argentina’s Rodrigo De Paul, Ryan took a second touch that was far too heavy and Álvarez nipped in to take the ball off him and shoot on the turn into an unguarded net.
The goal couldn’t have been more different to his first at the World Cup, a curling shot into the far top corner at the end of a sweeping 25-pass move.
Tap-ins, curlers, link-up play, intense pressing. It’s no wonder City manager Pep Guardiola rates Álvarez highly enough to make him the second striker in his squad to Haaland, to such an extent that Guardiola was happy to offload Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling during the last offseason.
Álvarez and Jesus are similar in the sense that they never give defenders a second’s rest. What’s different about them is their ability to score goals, with Álvarez appearing a much more natural finisher.
As for Martinez, he seems to have completely lost his composure in front of goal. One wasteful finish over the crossbar in stoppage time, after being teed up by Messi, kept Australia alive in an absorbing match at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium that had a dramatic ending when Argentina goalkeeper Emi Martinez produced a smothering save with virtually the last kick of the game.
If that had gone in, Lautaro Martinez might have been vilified. He was the subject of much chatter among Argentina fans on social media and the metros back to Doha after the match, none of it flattering.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni was not adding his voice to the critics.
“Lautaro has helped us many times so I wouldn’t like to go into detail about that,” Scaloni said. “That would be unfair to Lautaro. He will keep on helping us and making us happy.”
Indeed, Martinez has been Scaloni’s go-to striker since the coach took charge after the 2018 World Cup initially on a temporary basis. Martinez has scored 21 goals in that time, more than anybody else apart from Messi.
Now, he is firmly behind Álvarez in the pecking order.
Álvarez arrived at the World Cup on a high after making a string of starts for City, for the first time since joining from River Plate in July, because of an injury to Haaland.
Now he’s leading the line for Argentina in its bid for a third World Cup title, and to seal Messi’s legacy in front of fans who are pushing the team all the way.
“We will always give our best and support him (Messi) to continue on this path,” Álvarez said.
“We feel at home here,” he added. “In all the stadiums we have played, most of the people were from Argentina. You feel their breath and how they sing the whole 90 minutes.”
Brazil wait on Neymar for South Korea match
Whether Neymar is in the lineup, on the bench or resting for a third consecutive game will depend on how he performs in Brazil’s last training session ahead of its round-of-16 match against South Korea on Monday at the World Cup.
The Brazil star missed two group-stage matches with a right ankle injury he received in the team’s opening win against Serbia. He was back training with teammates on Saturday, but it remains unclear whether he’s fit enough to play against South Korea.
“He will train this afternoon, and if he trains well, he will play,” Tite said ahead of the team’s practice session on Sunday.
Tite said he planned to use Neymar from the start instead of as a substitute if he’s healthy enough to play.
“I prefer to use my best player from the start,” Tite said. “It’s the coach who has to make that decision and take on that responsibility.”
Brazil struggled without the playmaker but still won its group despite a loss to Cameroon in the last match.
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South Korea advanced after a surprise win over Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal in their last group game, making it to the last 16 for the first time in 12 years.
Tests after the Serbia match showed ligament damage in Neymar’s ankle and it wasn’t clear if he would be able to play again in Qatar. His ankle looked bad, with a lot of swelling, and doctors wouldn’t say if he would recover during the tournament.
But after undergoing intensive physiotherapy treatment, Neymar improved and was back training on Saturday. In footage released by the Brazilian soccer federation, he appeared to be in good condition, doing drills with the ball and taking shots on goal without signs of his injury.
Midfielder Fred replaced Neymar against Switzerland. With Brazil already through to the knockout phase, Tite rotated the entire squad against Cameroon.
This will be the first time Brazil and South Korea meet in an official match, with the Brazilians winning six of their seven friendlies. South Korea’s only win came in 1999.
South Korea advanced in Qatar thanks to a dramatic stoppage-time goal by Hwang Hee-chan in a 2-1 victory over Portugal. It had drawn with Uruguay in its opener and then lost to Ghana.
Hwang was expected to be in the starting lineup again against Brazil after missing the team’s first two games because of a hamstring injury.
South Korea is trying to advance past the round of 16 for the first time since its historic run as a co-host in 2002, when it made it to the semifinals and ended fourth. It was eliminated in the group stage both in 2014 and 2018.
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Brazil is trying to win its first World Cup title since the 2002 tournament in Japan and South Korea. The Selecao has made it to the last eight in every tournament since then, with its best run being the semifinal appearance at the home tournament in 2014.
The winner of the match will face either Japan or 2018 runner-up Croatia in the quarterfinals.
Indy Cup Football: Bashundhara Kings to play Sheikh Russell KC in final Monday
Star-studded Bashundhara Kings will play Sheikh Russell KC in the final of the season's curtain raiser soccer meet, the Bashundhara Group Independent Cup Football' 2022 on Monday (Dec 5)
The title-deciding match will kick-off at 1 pm at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Dutta Stadium in Cumilla.
In the day's place-deciding match, defending champions Dhaka Abahani Limited remained satisfied with the 3rd position beating Bangladesh Police FC by 4-1 goals at the Bir Shrestha Fl Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Sunday.
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Russian World Cup playing Costa Rica booter Daniel Colindres put Abahani Limited ahead in the very 4th minute (1-0) while Syrian defender Mohammad Yousef doubled the Abahani margin in the 39th minute (2-0).
Local defender Rasel Hossain pulled the Sheikh Russell margin one back scoring a goal in the 43rd minute to go for the first half break (2-1).
Local defender Emon Mahmud and Brazilian forward Getterson scored two more goals for the sky-blue Dhanmondi outfit in the 76th and 85th minutes respectively to guide the Abahani Limited for a comfortable victory (4-1)
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Abahani defender Mohammad Yousef was adjudged the man of the match.
Earlier in the semifinals, Sheikh Russell KC shocked holders Dhaka Abahani Limited beating them by 3-2 goals while Bashundhara Kings defeated Bangladesh Police FC by 3-1 goals.
Brazil fans at World Cup show support for soccer great Pelé
Brazilian fans showed their support for soccer great Pelé during the national team’s 1-0 loss to Cameroon at the World Cup on Friday.
The 82-year-old Pelé, who had a colon tumor removed last year, was hospitalized Tuesday in Sao Paulo to regulate his medication. Doctors said Friday he had a respiratory infection and would remain in the hospital being treated with antibiotics, according to the Hospital Albert Einstein.
“It’s sad to hear this news about Pelé on the day of a Brazil match at the World Cup,” said 41-year-old Brazil fan Rafael Bistelli, who traveled from Sao Paulo to watch the national team in Qatar. “We are trying to send him our positive energy from here.”
Doctors said Friday that Pelé’s response to treatment had been “adequate and the patient, who remains in a regular bedroom, is stable, with an overall improvement in his health condition.”
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Fans in Qatar displayed a banner with the image of Pelé holding a soccer ball behind one of the goals at Lusail Stadium. They also opened a large flag with an image of the Brazil great and the words: “Pelé. Get well soon.” One fan in the stands held up a jersey with a photo of Pelé on it.
Another large image of Pelé could be seen on a building near the venue, along with the messages “get well soon” and “we love Pelé.”
“Friends, I am at the hospital making my monthly visit,” Pelé wrote on Instagram on Thursday. “It’s always nice to receive positive messages like this. Thanks to Qatar for this tribute, and to everyone who sends me good vibes!”
Brazilian fans who gathered before the match against Cameroon also had Pelé in mind, singing songs about him and sending him well-wishes.
In the pre-match news conference on Thursday, Brazil coach Tite said the entire team wanted “to wish good health to Pelé” from Qatar.
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On Wednesday, doctors said Pelé was in stable condition after arriving “for a reevaluation of the chemotherapeutic treatment of the tumor.” They said Pelé was not in intensive care.
Brazil still finished first in Group G despite the loss to Cameroon. The team will face South Korea in the round of 16.
Built to disappear: World Cup stadium 974
Doha, Qatar, Dec 3, (AP/UNB) — Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the tournament.
That’s what the games’ organizers have said about Stadium 974 in Doha — a port-side structure with more than 40,000 seats partially built from recycled shipping containers and steel.
Qatar says the stadium will be fully dismantled after the World Cup and could be shipped to countries that need the infrastructure. Outside experts have praised the design, but say more needs to be known about what happens to the stadium after the event.
“Designing for disassembly is one of the main principles of sustainable building,” said Karim Elgendy, an associate fellow at the London-based Chatham House think tank who previously worked as a climate consultant for the World Cup.
“It allows for the natural restoration of a building site or its reuse for another function,” he said, adding that a number of factors need to considered “before we call a building sustainable.”
Buildings are responsible for nearly 40% of the world’s energy-related carbon emissions. Of that, about 10% comes from “embodied” carbon or the greenhouse gas emissions related to the construction, maintenance and demolition of buildings.
Qatar has faced international criticism for its treatment of low-paid migrant workers who built over $200 billion worth of stadiums, metro lines and other infrastructure for the World Cup. Qatar says the criticism ignores labor reforms enacted in recent years.
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Stadium 974, named after Qatar’s international dialing code and the number of containers used to build the stadium, is the only venue that Qatar constructed for the World Cup that isn’t air-conditioned. During a match Friday in which Switzerland defeated Serbia, the air was noticeably more humid and hot than in other venues.
The stadium is hosting only evening matches, when temperatures are cooler.
Fenwick Iribarren Architects, which designed Stadium 974 and two other World Cup stadiums, says the idea was to avoid building a “white elephant,” a stadium that is left unused or underused after the tournament ends, as happened following previous World Cups in South Africa, Brazil and Russia.
Qatar says it has developed plans for the other six stadiums after the games are over. Many will have a number of seats removed.
The multi-colored shipping containers are used as building blocks for Stadium 974 and also to house facilities such as restrooms in the interior of the structure. Like giant Lego blocks, the bright red, yellow and blue corrugated steel boxes appear suspended between layers of steel. The design gives the stadium an industrial feel.
Qatar has not detailed where the dismounted stadium will go after the tournament or even when it will be taken down. Organizers have said the stadium could be repurposed to build a venue of the same size elsewhere or multiple smaller stadiums.
Where its components go matters because of the emissions implicated by shipping them thousands of kilometers away.
Carbon Market Watch, an environmental watchdog group that investigated Qatar’s World Cup sustainability plans, said whether Stadium 974 has a lower carbon footprint than a permanent one comes down to “how many times, and how far, the stadium is transported and reassembled.”
FIFA and Qatar acknowledge that in a report estimating the stadium’s emissions. If the stadium is reused only once, they estimate its emissions would be lower than a permanent one as long as it is shipped fewer than 7,000 kilometers (about 4,350 miles) away.
If it’s repurposed more than once, it could be shipped farther and still be less polluting than a permanent venue, they said, because of how energy-intensive building multiple new stadiums is.
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the organizing committee for the World Cup, did not respond to a request for more information about plans after the tournament.
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The report also didn’t factor in operational emissions — or those produced from running a building — once the stadium is repurposed because standards vary in different countries, FIFA and Qatar said.
“The energy required for dismantling and shipping the building components will obviously need to be estimated,” Elgendy said, “but it is unlikely to outweigh the carbon embodied in the building materials.”
For now, the stadium’s design isn’t lost on spectators. On any game night, fans entering and leaving the stadium take selfies against its modern, industrial facade. The temporary stadium is hosting seven games in total — with the final one on Monday between Brazil and South Korea.
Jhonarel Miñoza, a 42-year-old Qatari resident originally from the Philippines, said she and her sister wanted to see a game in each of the seven stadiums.
Miñoza, an administrative officer who has lived in Qatar for five years, said she had heard about Stadium 974′s unconventional design before the game she attended on Friday.
“I was really eager to know how they built it,” Miñoza said. “When I came inside here, I was just checking how they did that.”
Arabs unite in celebration as Morocco advances in World Cup
First Qatar was out, exiting the World Cup with the worst record of a host country. Then the Saudi national team’s run ended, despite a historic upset against Argentina last week. Finally Tunisia was eliminated, after a dramatic victory against already-qualified France.
Now, at the first World Cup ever to be held in the Middle East, Morocco is the Arab world’s last hope. The fractured region is rallying around the North African nation after its 2-1 win Thursday against Canada that advanced Morocco to the knockout stage of the tournament for the first time since 1986.
Morocco’s success sparked angry street riots in Belgium after a match earlier this week, but on Thursday triggered an outpouring of joy in the Arab world, where local teams are often underdogs. There were celebrations in Gaza City and Cairo. A similar rush of regional goodwill followed Saudi Arabia’s shock win against two-time World Cup winner Argentina last week. Arabs have also backed Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup in the face of harsh Western criticism.
Read more: Germany’s soul-searching begins after another World Cup flopJubilant Moroccans, Qataris, Saudis, Palestinians and others poured through historic alleys of Souq Waqif in central Doha after Morocco’s win, clad in red and green and waving the Moroccan flag wildly in celebration. The flag illuminated skyscrapers along Doha’s glittering corniche.
Streaming crowds chanted, “Congratulations to us on this beginning! It will go on and on!” The metro near Al Thumama Stadium became a pulsing dance party of Moroccans drumming on the windows and ululating in celebration.
“All the Arabs left the tournament, but we made it up for them and we got our revenge,” said Najwa Boumahraz, a Moroccan living in London. “We are very proud.”
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Malika Jellal, a businesswoman from Casablanca, Morocco, said she felt like a celebrity on Thursday.
“Arabs keep coming up to me and saying ‘thank you, you honored us, you saved us all,’” she said.
A pair of Saudi brothers who had flown to Doha to see the match from the eastern province of Dammam said they were so proud of Morocco that they practically forgot their sorrow that their own team was headed home.
“Over this week we feel that as Arabs, we are all one people,” said 23-year-old Saudi Turki al-Qahtani, draped in a Moroccan flag. “We forget about borders in this World Cup.”
Germany’s soul-searching begins after another World Cup flop
Another World Cup, another flop.
Former soccer power Germany is facing another round of soul-searching after going out of the sport’s most important tournament at the first stage for the second time in a row.
Germany’s players spoke afterward of good performances and missed chances — as they’ve done before.
But no one had any real answers to the team’s problems.
“There are 25 experts standing together here. You can all advise each other and then agree on a few details,” Thomas Müller said after Germany’s 4-2 win over Costa Rica on Thursday.
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Germany’s fate was effectively decided when it lost its first game 2-1 to Japan, then followed up with a 1-1 draw with Spain.
It left Germany at the bottom of Group E and dependent on a favor from Spain. It never came as Japan defeated Spain in its final game to top the group. Spain progressed ahead of Germany on goal difference.
“I never look at another team, it’s up to us,” Germany coach Hansi Flick said of relying on Spain. “I think ultimately the sum of everything contributed to us being eliminated. We had enough chances, whether in the first half or the first 60 minutes of the game against Japan, or even at the end against Spain, when we had another huge opportunity. You really have to take those chances.”
What Flick failed to mention is that Spain also missed a host of chances to put its game against Germany out of reach before Niclas Füllkrug’s late equalizer.
That goal proved to be the highlight for Germany though it proved to be of little worth in yet another disappointing big-stage performance.
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“We haven’t been able to live up to expectations at the tournaments in recent years, because as a team, I would say we don’t really have specialists running around everywhere. We have a lot of players who are very talented. Yes,” Müller said before trailing off and leaving those at the emedia conference to finish his thoughts.
Germany, the 2014 World Cup champion, also crashed out during the group phase at the 2018 tournament in Russia. At last year’s coronavirus-postponed European Championship, Germany was knocked out in the second round.
“I think really, we can’t say where we are,” Germany captain Manuel Neuer said of the team’s place in world soccer.
Prior to the 2018 World Cup, Germany had reached at least the semifinal stage of every major competition it entered since the 2006 World Cup, which it hosted.
“I joined the team in 2016. Germany was always in the semifinal before that,” midfielder Joshua Kimmich said. “Then I come in and we’re out (of the World Cup) in the first stage and last year in the second round (of the European Championship), it’s hard to take.”
Brazil to decide on Neymar after Cameroon match
Brazil will reevaluate Neymar’s condition and decide about his chances of playing again at this year’s World Cup after Friday’s game against Cameroon.
Neymar hurt his right ankle in the team’s opener against Serbia and was ruled out for the rest of group stage. Also not playing against Cameroon because of injury were right back Danilo and left back Alex Sandro.
“They are progressing,” Brazil assistant coach Cléber Xavier said Thursday. “We are focused on the game against Cameroon, and then we will start the decision-making process about these players. We already have a plan prepared for their return.”
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Xavier did not elaborate on the plan. Brazil team doctors have not yet given a timetable on Neymar’s return, or said if he would be back at all.
Brazil reached the round of 16 after two matches and needs only a draw against Cameroon to secure first place in Group G.
Neymar injured his back in the quarterfinals against Colombia during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and missed the rest of the tournament. He also missed the 2019 Copa América because of another right ankle injury.