The fans of "Shimson" are counting on Son to surprise "Samba" today

The return of Neymar .. Brazil's bell rings against "Korea"

• Neymar has recovered from the injury.

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• South Korean captain Son.

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The Brazil national team seeks to continue its dream of regaining the World Cup title, which has been absent from its treasury for 20 years, when it faces South Korea today in the round of 16 of the Qatar Football World Cup, despite chasing the curse of injuries to a large number of its stars.

Before the upcoming confrontation that will take place at Stadium (974), five samba stars were injured during the tournament. The start was with its most prominent star, Neymar, who suffered a sprained ankle against Serbia.

Danielo and Alex Sandro also suffered injuries that prevented them from playing against Cameroon, then in this match Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles suffered knee injuries and will officially miss the rest of the tournament matches.

Neymar is racing against time to catch up with South Korea, especially after his participation in the team's training recently, and he has become a strong candidate to participate, while Sandro and Danielo left the championship accounts.

Neymar participated in ball training the day before yesterday, and wrote on his Twitter account, "I feel good, I knew I would do this now."

Brazil did not appear in the meeting with Cameroon with its usual strength, as "Samba" participated in the substitutes, and suffered an unexpected loss.

On the other hand, the Korean team won the round of 16, after snatching second place in Group H with four points.

The Korean national team tied without goals with Uruguay, before losing 2/3 against Ghana, but achieved a resounding surprise by winning 2/1 over Portugal in the last moments, to snatch the nomination paper at the expense of Uruguay by goal difference.

South Korean fans have high hopes for their star, Son, to surprise Brazil, and to reach the Round of 8 for the second time in its history and the first since 2002, when his country co-hosted the tournament with Japan.

Son provided an assist to his colleague Hwang Hee-chan, to score the goal of South Korea's promotion to the second round of the tournament, in the first minute of calculated time instead of lost against Portugal.

And while this will be the first confrontation between Brazil and South Korea in the World Cup, the two teams have met before in seven friendly confrontations, during which the preference was for the Latin team, which achieved six victories against only one victory for its Asian rival in 1999, including a humiliating defeat for Korea 5-1 at It was hosted by Brazil, including a brace for Neymar.

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