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jakeXT

(10,575 posts) Fri Jul 4, 2014, 08:17 PM Jul 2014

Neymar fractures vertebrae, out of World Cup [View all]

Brazil will be without star striker Neymar for the remainder of the FIFA World Cup, after he fractured his vertebrae late in the team's 2-1 quarter-final win over Colombia on Friday.

Neymar was carried off the pitch on a stretcher and appeared to be in considerable pain.

Replays showed Colombia's Juan Camillo Zuniga kneeing Neymar in the back while challenging for the ball. It happened in the 87th minute.

"He was crying out in pain," Brazil coach Luis Felipe Scolari said after the match. "It won't be easy to recover."

http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/sports/brazil2014/story/1.2697032

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Neymar fractures vertebrae, out of World Cup [View all] jakeXT Jul 2014 OP

It was a brutal knee to the spine. The refs let the game get out of control. nt SunSeeker Jul 2014 #1

The referee didn't call much... Aquavit Jul 2014 #2

54 fouls, a record. FIFA doesn't want too many cards and Webb was praised for it in another game jakeXT Jul 2014 #4

I take that back! Aquavit Jul 2014 #6

Yep T_i_B Jul 2014 #7

This is Brazil we're talking about VWolf Jul 2014 #9

Are you sure this is the Brazillian national team? T_i_B Jul 2014 #10

LOL Yeah that was embarassing! VWolf Jul 2014 #11

With this kind of injury he could be out of more than World Cup. mackerel Jul 2014 #3

I'm surprised that you don't need surgery jakeXT Jul 2014 #5

He broke his neck. BKH70041 Jul 2014 #8