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Were Brazil excessively relaxed successful Cameroon loss? (1:19)
Luis Miguel Echegaray recaps Brazil's 1-0 decision to Cameroon successful their last Group H game. (1:19)
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Tom HamiltonSenior Writer
- • Joined ESPN successful 2011
• Covered 2 Olympics, a brace of Rugby World Cups and 2 British & Irish Lions tours
• Previously rugby editor, and became elder writer successful 2018
DOHA, Qatar - Brazil person suffered 2 much wounded setbacks up of the World Cup round-of-16 clash against South Korea with some Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles ruled retired of the remainder of the tournament, the country's shot relation said Saturday.
Jesus and Telles some picked up knocks successful Brazil's 1-0 decision to Cameroon connected Friday. Telles was substituted successful the 54th infinitesimal with Jesus leaving the transportation 10 minutes later.
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"Players Alex Telles and Gabriel Jesus underwent tests Saturday greeting accompanied by squad doc Rodrigo Lasmar and a MRI connected their close knees confirmed the grade of the injuries and the impossibility of betterment successful clip to enactment successful the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022," the CBF said successful a statement.
The quality volition travel arsenic a immense stroke for both, but besides for their nine sides. Jesus' Arsenal are apical of the Premier League and volition privation their prima striker acceptable for erstwhile the contention resumes aft the World Cup. Telles is connected indebtedness astatine Sevilla from Manchester United.
Sources told ESPN Gabriel Jesus volition enactment with Brazil successful Qatar but Arsenal are successful interaction and expect updates connected his information to beryllium communicated successful owed course.
Meanwhile, Brazil proceed to show the fittingness of Neymar, who suffered an ankle wounded successful the triumph against Serbia, but sources told ESPN the World Cup favourites are assured Danilo volition beryllium acceptable to look South Korea connected Monday with Alex Sandro besides expected to retrieve successful time.
On Saturday, Neymar returned to grooming connected the transportation for the archetypal clip since suffering an ankle wounded successful Brazil's 2-0 triumph implicit Serbia, warming up with his teammates and participating successful drills earlier doing circumstantial betterment enactment accompanied by spot manager Ricardo Rosa.
If neither tin play, centre backmost Marquinhos could power to the near and 39-year-old Dani Alves, who became the oldest Brazilian to commencement a World Cup lucifer against Cameroon, could beryllium tried retired connected the right. If Tite opts to usage Real Madrid centre backmost Eder Militao arsenic a full-back, arsenic helium did successful the lack of Danilo against Switzerland, Brazil would person nary different defenders to beryllium connected the bench.
Dani Alves said Friday's decision should travel arsenic a wake-up telephone for Brazil.
"It's a informing signal," helium said. "There is nary anemic rival. Here is the lesson, we request to enactment switched connected passim the game. One item and it's over.
"We extremity contiguous with the feeling that a beauteous time slipped done the hands of america players who weren't playing much."
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