Teresópolis (Brazil) (EFE).- Brazil’s coach, Carlo Ancelotti, and former coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, champion in the 2002 World Cup, exchanged impressions on the field this Thursday in the second training session of the Canarinha with a view to Sunday’s friendly against Panama, in which Neymar did not participate due to injury.
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‘Felipão’, who coached his team in the Korea and Japan World Cup, was the surprise guest at the practice of the ‘verdeamarelo’ team, concentrated since Wednesday in the town of Teresópolis, in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro.
Scolari visits Brazil’s concentration in Teresópolis
El seleccionador de Brasil, Carlo Ancelotti (2-i), habla con el exentrenador de Brasil, Luis Felipe Scolari (c), y el director de fútbol de la selección, Rodrigo Caetano (c-d), durante un entrenamiento en la Granja Comary, en Teresópolis (Brasil). EFE/ Antonio Lacerda
The former Portugal coach also gestured quite a bit during his brief meeting with Ancelotti, who was wearing the Brazil uniform and a yellow cap.
They both spoke a few meters away from the players, who did warm-up exercises and played in a small field during the fifteen minutes of training open to the media.
In this second practice at Granja Comary, where the high-performance center of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is located, Neymar also did not participate, who already missed the first session on Wednesday.
The Brazilian national team doctor, Rodrigo Lasmar, reported this Thursday that the number 10 suffers a grade II muscle injury in the right calf that will keep him away from the playing fields for two to three weeks.
Neymar remains out due to a calf muscle injury
Los jugadores de la selección de Brasil, Rafinha (c) y AlexSandro (d), participan en un entrenamiento en la Granja Comary, en Teresópolis (Brasil). EFE/ Antonio Lacerda
The former FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) player will definitely miss the two preparatory friendlies for the United States, Mexico, and Canada World Cup against Panama and Egypt.
And it is a serious doubt for the debut in Group C against Morocco, next June 13, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Danilo, Flamengo’s defender, who was in the gym with Neymar on Wednesday, returned to exercise with the rest of his teammates.
In Teresópolis, 23 of the 26 players called up by Ancelotti are already concentrated. The three missing are: Marquinhos, Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhães, who will play the Champions League final on Saturday with Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal.
