Neymar unlikely to play Brazil’s World Cup opener due to calf injury
RIO DE JANEIRO — Picking injury-prone Neymar in Brazil’s World Cup squad seemed a risk and so it proved just 10 days later on Thursday. The 34-year-old forward has a calf injury and likely will not be fit for Brazil’s opening game against Morocco, team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said. “The expectation is that he will be sidelined from two to three weeks,” Lasmar told reporters. Brazil plays Morocco on June 13 in East Rutherford, N.J., to start a group that also includes Haiti and Scotland. “Neymar arrived (Wednesday) at the Granja Comary,” Lasmar said, referring to the team’s training base…
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