BRAZIL are hoping to get their talisman Neymar back in action as soon as possible, and have posted a morale-boosting clip of him in training for the Samba faithful.
Neymar suffered ankle ligament damage in the opening game against Serbia.
And with fears mounting that he may in fact be out for the remainder of the World Cup, Brazil posted a video of him in training in order to try and ease these fears.
The video shows Neymar, 30, in the gym doing on-the-ball drills while putting weight on his ankle and doing muscle work.
Later in the video, he can also be seen doing some jumping drills as he steps up his recovery.
The post itself is captioned: “Neymar Jr is working hard alongside the national team’s physical trainers to return to training with the group as soon as possible and be available to coach Tite.
“Today he trained at the gym! Let’s go, Ney!
“Danilo and Alex Sandro also made individual works.”
Having already qualified Brazil had no need to risk some of their crocked stars against Cameroon, but boss Tite will be desperate to see Neymar come back in time for the knockout rounds.
Brazil’s medical department believe they can get him fit in time for the Last 16.
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With the absence of Danilo at right-back, Dani Alves has come into the team to face Cameroon.
The 39-year-old is wearing the captain’s armband and has become his nation’s oldest ever player at the World Cup, beating out a record set by Thiago Silva earlier this week.
