Carlo Ancelotti confirms Neymar is out of Brazil's World Cup opener with Morocco

[p]The 34-year-old was handed his first Brazil call-up since tearing his ACL in a friendly game against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uruguay/xMk44orG/"]Uruguay[/a] in October 2023 for the World Cup.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neymar/jNOPwl3h/"]Neymar[/a] suffered a calf injury just weeks before the tournament, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ancelotti-carlo/nZQG5IgJ/"]Ancelotti[/a] made the decision to keep him in the squad.[/p][video alt="World Championship 2026: Brazil - Morocco (video preview)" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="e8ff03ff-118a-45f9-b4e0-7c036433d840" id="bd4581a0-c667-4390-b8f7-9a6a24b4f662" /][p]Speaking ahead of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brazil-I9l9aqLq/morocco-IDKYO3R8/?mid=b5JayTEd"]their World Cup opener against Morocco[/a], what is expected to be the hardest game of their group, Ancelotti has confirmed Neymar still isn’t fit.[/p][p][b]"He is working hard to be fit again as quickly as possible. We hope he can return to full training next week,"[/b] Ancelotti said.[/p][infobox id="223b89ff-ddb8-4772-8cfb-8f89aea85267" /]