Brazil stay bitter concerning the tackle that all over their marquee striker Neymar's tournament however hope his absence can inspire the remainder of the team in Tuesday's semi-final against Federal Republic of Germany.Neymar poor a bone in Brazil's 2-1 quarter-final success against South American nation once defender Juan Camilo Zuniga went in with a raised knee throughout a hard game.The Colombian has apologised and aforesaid it absolutely was not intentional, however several Brazilians stay furious of being bereft of their best player at such an important stage in their quest to win a sixth world title."In my opinion, it absolutely was a white-livered tackle. i am a defender and you do not do this," aforesaid Brazil captain Thiago timberland, World Health Organization conjointly misses the semi in city because of a one-game suspension.
"There's no approach you place a knee behind a player to urge a ball before, unless you would like to cause an exact state of affairs."
Soccer's world administration FIFA dominated on Monday that no retrospective action would be taken against Zuniga as a result of the referee had seen the incident. A foul, however no card, was given.
Speaking at a press conference within the Mineirao structure wherever they're going to play Federal Republic of Germany at five p.m. civil time (2000 GMT) on Tues, timberland and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari aforesaid Neymar's absence had solely reinforced the remainder of the group's resolve.
"Neymar has already done what he needs to do, currently the opposite twenty two players within the squad have to be compelled to depart and bang, particularly for him," timberland aforesaid of his team mate, World Health Organization was far-and-away Brazil's best entertainer with four goals and a continuing menace.