The coach of the selection of Brazil, Tite, confirmed Thursday that the star Neymar will play on Friday in the friendly of the seleçao against Colombia at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, three months after his injury.
Tite said that Neymar, of PS Germain, whom he called "indispensable", has successfully recovered from the injury to his right ankle that left him outside the playgrounds since last June.
Neymar, protagonist of a soap opera in the summer with his frustrated transfer of PSG to the BarcelonaHe had been injured during a friendly of his national team with Qatar on June 5 in Brasilia.
The striker “clinically has recovered from the injury that, as everyone remembers, separated him from the America Cup”Brazil 2019, which the host won last July, evoked Tite during a press conference at a Miami hotel.
“If it wasn't right, I wouldn't be with the national team. We are not irresponsible to force a situation that goes against the athlete's health, ”said the coach.
“Me and the coaching staff will be very attentive to its development. The technical and the physical, that was confirmed. You saw how he trained. It's ready, it's capable of doing what the selection needs, ”he added.
Tite reaffirmed that “Neymar is at the highest level. In individual technical quality, I put Messi above and to Christian Ronaldo because they are from other generations. ”
Since he was injured, Neymar He has not played with the PSG, while there was the round trip for his eventual return to Barcelona, which was nowhere.
Neymar, 27, has not played a full game since April, when he participated in the final of the French Cup with his Parisian club.
Colombia is also strong
Tite acknowledges that this Friday's game against the coffee team will not be a 'piece of cake'.
“It will be a strong confrontation. We all know the quality of the Colombian team, ”said the coach.
The meeting is also the debut for Brazil with the selection of the young Vinicius Junior, from Real Madrid, which was first convened by Tite for the friendlies against Colombia in Miami Y Peru next Tuesday in Los Angeles, in a reissue of the Copa America final.
“I am happy to be here realizing that dream. It's hard to believe that at 19 I am here, next to the best players, next to me idol (Neymar) and the people I always followed, ”said the young attacker at a press conference days ago in Brazil.
The seleçao will combine experience and youth in these two friendlies, including Casemiro Y Vinicius (both of Real Madrid), both praised by Tite as "very professional and of good coexistence in the selection, which propitiate a good atmosphere".
Meanwhile, the coach of Colombia, the Portuguese Carlos Queiroz, did not summon his top stars, the midfielder James Rodriguez and forward Radamel Falcao Garcia due to physical problems
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