Still recovering, Neymar is not fit to face Uruguay.
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Neymar has still not recovered from his groin injury and has been withdrawn from the Brazilian national team's match against Venezuela and Uruguay, the Brazilian Football Confederation said on Thursday.
Neymar's injury is progressing well, "but it is not enough for him to be available for the match against Uruguay", Tuesday in Montevideo, said the doctor of the Brazilian selection, Rodrigo Lasmar, quoted in the Confederation press release.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker had already been withdrawn from the match against Venezuela on Friday in Sao Paulo, due to this groin injury at the end of October during a Champions League match with PSG.
Tuchel would have preferred to keep Neymar warm in Paris
Parisian coach Thomas Tuchel had decided that his star player would not make his return until the end of November, which did not prevent the Brazilian Confederation from calling him to the national team.
“It's the right of the national team to call up players, we can't do anything, honestly.
I always prefer, if boys are injured, that they do not play, "he declared on November 6, before minimizing the dispute:" At the same time, we have confidence in the national teams, (in fact) that they take good care of the players.
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