NEW JERSEY, June 19 — Neymar has been ruled out of Brazil’s second World Cup group match against Haiti as he continues his recovery from a calf injury, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said on Thursday.
The 34-year-old resumed training at Brazil’s New Jersey base this week after missing the team’s 1-1 draw with Morocco in their World Cup Group C opener on Saturday. “He will remain in New Jersey to optimize the final stage of his recovery process, making use of the excellent facilities,” read a statement on the CBF’s website. Brazil will face Haiti in Philadelphia on Friday before finishing the group stage against Scotland in Miami on June 24. Neymar has been sidelined since May after sustaining a grade two calf strain in his right leg while playing for Santos.
Brazil’s all-time leading scorer with 79 goals in 128 international appearances, the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain attacker has not played for the national team since suffering a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in October 2023.
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