Neymar generates distress in the CBF after examination shows moderate calf injury By Thiago Lemos
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The Seleção Brasileira technical committee deals with a new medical impasse involving the main name of the squad on the eve of preparations for the world tournament. Attacker Neymar presented a clinical condition in the calf that was more complex than Confederação Brasileira’s medical department of Futebol initially estimated. The situation raised alarm bells among the members of the working group led by technician Carlo Ancelotti.
The player had been included in the official squad list last Monday, May 18, after a period of uncertainty about his physical conditions. Recent exams showed that the athlete suffered moderate edema in the affected region. The diagnosis imposes a slower recovery rate. Esse scenario reduces the chances of a quick transition to the grass.
Diagnóstico doctor points out need for longer recovery time
The severity of the calf edema changed the planning established by the athlete’s staff and the Seleção Brasileira doctors. Avaliações detailed evidence that the muscle fiber regeneration process will require special care in the coming weeks. The evolution of the treatment will dictate the return schedule.
The initial planning indicated a mild problem, with quick resolution, but the finding of a moderate level of injury prevented the immediate progress of physiotherapy work. The athlete feels pain in the area and performs restricted activities. The CBF monitors the situation daily in contact with the player’s club.
Afastamento from the field reaches the final stretch of Santos games
The reflex of the muscle injury directly affects the number 10’s commitments in national football. The attacker is vetoed by the medical department for the next Santos matches. Existe the real possibility that the athlete will no longer play for the São Paulo club in this first semester.
The Santos team loses its main technical reference at a crucial moment of the season. The player’s focus becomes exclusively on recovery for the national team tournament. Club professionals support intensive treatment.
Cronograma of training at Granja Comary undergoes change with veto
The presentation of the cast of Seleção Brasileira in Teresópolis, in Rio of Janeiro, will have a different dynamic for the attacker. The Carlo Ancelotti technical committee projects that the athlete will miss the start of collective work at the Granja Comary training center.
The player will need a period of more than seven days just to complete the initial physical transition steps before joining the rest of the group. Detailed planning involves the following points:
- Realização of complementary exams upon arrival at Teresópolis to reassess the healing of the edema.
- Sessões in two shifts of intensive physiotherapy with confederation professionals.
- Exercícios of muscle strengthening in the gym without impact load on the affected calf.
- Atividades takes the field in isolation without physical contact with the other players called up.
- Linear running Testes for measuring pain level before release for ball training.
Comissão technician evaluates tactical options in the face of uncertainty
Coach Carlo Ancelotti and his assistants started internal debates on how to assemble the team if the number 10 does not reach ideal physical shape in the first matches of the tournament. The player’s presence on his debut is not completely ruled out, but the lack of pace worries performance analysts.
The national team’s tactical preparation will undergo adjustments to absorb the absence of the attacking midfielder in the first activities with the ball. The Italian coach values the full physical conditioning of his athletes. The support group studies variations in the offensive system.
