Al -Malab newspaper – Neymar Junior Da Silva was confirmed by the Brazilian national team in March, due to the injury, to postpone the return of the 33 -year -old striker to the representation of “silicao” for at least 3 months.
The last days had witnessed Da Silva injury with his club Santos, and the Brazilian coach, Dorieval Junior, said on Friday that this injury will deprive the Barcelona star and Paris Saint -Germain for the two matches of “samba dancers” against Colombia and Argentina this month.
The Brazilian national team is scheduled to host its Colombian counterpart next Friday (March 21), in the 13th round of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, before the Dorieval Junior battalion will be a guest of the Argentina team on Wednesday (March 26), drawing the 14th round of the same qualifiers.
Brazil is fifth in the ranking of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, with 18 points from 12 games (5 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses), leaving 7 full points from the leading Argentina.
The qualifying rules stipulate that the first six teams will qualify “directly” to the World Cup finals, while the seventh -placed team will play global attaché, also qualified for the World Cup.
The last Argentina confrontation will be the Brazilian national team before June. This means that Neymar will complete 19 months of absence from the “samba dancers” matches, knowing that the player nicknamed “the flute” played his last international match on October 18, 2023, before he was absent for long periods due to injury.
Nemo returned to the Brazilian club Santos, coming from the Saudi Crescent, last January. And quickly, Da Silva was able to restore his luster with Santos, to return to the Brazil national team, before being injured.
Real Madrid star Andrek compensates for Neymar’s absence from the Brazil national team
Dorrefal Junior decided to compensate for the absence of Santos star by summoning Real Madrid striker, Andric de Souza; Where the 18 -year -old is looking to play his international match No. 14.
In addition to Neymar, goalkeeper Ederson Morais and veteran defender Danilo was confirmed by the “Seleção” list because of the injury as well, and Dorival replaced them with calling Lucas Perry and Alex Sandro, respectively.
It is noteworthy that Neymar Junior has previously played 128 games in the Brazilian national team shirt, contributing to 138 goals (scored 79 goals, presented 59 assists), and was part of the squad crowned with the 2013 Confederations Cup.
