Neymar out of Swiss clash with ankle injury

Neymar’s ankle injury will rule him out of Monday’s Group H fixture with Switzerland, Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar has confirmed.

The Paris St Germain forward was forced off towards the latter stages of Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia after being on the receiving end of a number of strong challenges.

Com patriot da ni low as also substituted with an ankle injury and went for an MRI scan with Neymar yesterday to diagnose their problems.

Dr La smart old the Brazilian Footballcon federation :“we can already say we will not have the two players for our next game, but they remain in treatment with our objective of trying to recover in time for this competition.”

Scans showed Neymar had suffered a lateral ligament injury to his right ankle, along with small bone swelling. He spent 11 minutes on the pitch after suffering the injury before being substituted.

Brazil head coach tit es aid :“id idn’ t see Neymar was injured. The capacity he has to overcome it, it tricked me. I only saw it when I watched the video.”

Juventus full-back Danilo has sustained a medial ligament injury to his left ankle.

“Neymar and Danilo started the treatment immediately after our game,” Dr Lasmar said yesterday. “Today in the morning they were reassessed.

“We thought it was important to do an image exam, an MRI, so we had more data on the evolution of the two players .

“The scans showed a lateral ligament injury to Neymar’s right ankle, along with a small bone swelling, and a medial ligament injury to Danilo’s left ankle.

“The players remain in treatment. It is very important for us to be very calm, peaceful. this assessment will be carried out daily, so we have information and make the best decisions based on that.”

A brace from Richarlison helped Brazil win their World Cup opener and, after Monday’s clash with Switzerland, they conclude their group phase campaign with a match against Cameron on December 2.

Ney mar has a history of ankle injuriesand was ruled out for two-and-a half months last season with a similar issue.