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FILE- Brazil\u2019s Neymar controls the ball during a World Cup qualifying soccer match against Peru at National stadium in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo\/Martin Mejia, File)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

RIO DE JANEIRO \u2014 Picking injury-prone Neymar<\/a> in Brazil\u2019s World Cup squad seemed a risk and so it proved just 10 days later on Thursday.<\/p>

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The 34-year-old forward has a calf injury and likely will not be fit for Brazil\u2019s opening game against Morocco, team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe expectation is that he will be sidelined from two to three weeks,\u201d Lasmar told reporters.<\/p>\n

Brazil plays Morocco on June 13 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to start a group that also includes Haiti and Scotland.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeymar arrived (Wednesday) at the Granja Comary,\u201d Lasmar said, referring to the team\u2019s training base near Rio de Janeiro, \u201cdid all medical tests, and was diagnosed with a grade two calf injury.\u201d<\/p>

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Neymar was selected for his fourth World Cup in a 26-man squad by coach Carlo Ancelotti despite not playing for the national team since October 2023 when he tore the cruciate ligament<\/a> in his left knee in a World Cup qualifying game against Uruguay.<\/p>\n

He has played just a few games this season for Santos since returning from Saudi Arabia on a free transfer from Al-Hilal.<\/p>\n

FIFA\u2019s World Cup rules allow Neymar to be replaced by a June 1 deadline for Ancelotti to submit his final squad, or up to one day before a team\u2019s first game at the tournament.<\/p>

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AP World Cup: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/fifa-world-cup<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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