NEYMAR’S KO WORRY

impact that he had with the knee of the Serbia player we immediately started the treatment when he was on the bench.

“With physiotherapy, we need to wait 24 to 48 hours to have a better assessment.

“We have not scheduled an MRI but we will have a new assessment.

“We need to wait now, we can’t make any premature comments on his condition.

“He stayed on the pitch and continued for 11 minutes, before he was substituted.”

Brazil coach Tite said: “Neymar (above) felt this pain throughout the game but he decided to stay on the pitch to help his team.

“It’s remarkable he could stand this pain to continue playing for his team.”

Serbia coach Dragan Stojkovic said: “My team was completely physically down and I want to know why, because I don’t know why. It was strange.

“We have three key players who are injured, which is too much for us. We’re not Brazil, with 200 million people, we are a very small country.

“Those are the facts. I’m very sorry for that. Brazil were much better than us in the second half and deserved the win.” 1-0