Fouling Neymar 'has to be stopped' - Tite

Neymar was replaced successful the 80th infinitesimal against Serbia aft initially playing connected with an ankle injury

Brazil caput manager Tite says the precocious fig of fouls connected Neymar "has to stop" aft the guardant was injured successful their group-stage triumph implicit Serbia.

The 30-year-old was connected the receiving extremity of a dense tackle from Nikola Milenkovic successful the 2-0 win connected Thursday.

"If you privation to observe the football, you person to wage attraction to the fouls," said Tite.

"They absorption connected circumstantial players. This is the effect. This has to beryllium stopped."

Since his archetypal World Cup successful 2014, Neymar has been fouled 53 times successful the competition, astatine slightest 11 much than immoderate different player.

He was fouled 9 times against Serbia, much than immoderate different subordinate successful their opening lucifer successful Qatar.

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Neymar volition not play successful Brazil's remaining radical stages matches, but Tite said helium remained assured the Paris St-Germain guardant would diagnostic again astatine the World Cup.

"I judge Neymar and [injured defender] Danilo volition play successful the World Cup. I'm not successful a presumption to talk astir [medical information]," said Tite.

"I tin accidental that, not lone astir Neymar, but besides astir Danilo, some of their situations person evolved, but we judge some volition beryllium disposable to play astatine the World Cup."

TEAM NEWS

Brazil are inactive without Juventus defender Danilo, who besides suffered an ankle wounded against Serbia, arsenic good arsenic Paris St-Germain guardant Neymar.

Switzerland guardant Renato Steffen remains a uncertainty with a musculus injury.

MATCH FACTS

• Both erstwhile meetings betwixt Brazil and Switzerland astatine the World Cup person ended successful draws (2-2 successful 1950, 1-1 successful 2018).
• Brazil are unbeaten successful their past 16 group-stage games astatine the World Cup - nary broadside has ever gone 17 without decision successful the radical stages of the competition.
• Switzerland are looking to triumph their opening 2 games astatine a World Cup for the archetypal time.
• Richarlison has scored 9 goals successful his past 7 appearances successful each competitions for Brazil.
• Breel Embolo has scored successful 3 of his past 4 matches for Switzerland.