{"id":119930,"date":"2026-05-29T18:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/neymar-returns-to-the-pitch-recovery-advances-towards-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:12:08","slug":"neymar-returns-to-the-pitch-recovery-advances-towards-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/neymar-returns-to-the-pitch-recovery-advances-towards-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar returns to the pitch: Recovery advances towards the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Neymar Jr. Advances in His Recovery for the 2026 World Cup<\/h2>\n\nTERES\u00d3POLIS, Brazil \u2013 Brazilian star Neymar Jr. has once again shown signs of progress in his recovery. This Friday, the forward was seen on the pitch at Granja Comary, the training center of the Brazilian national team, as he prepares for the 2026 World Cup.\n\nThe player, who suffered a muscle injury in his right calf, was caught smiling and conversing with members of the coaching staff, led by Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"URL de la imagen\" alt=\"Neymar Jr. en el entrenamiento\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nAlthough he did not participate in the training sessions with the rest of the team, Neymar performed gentle movements with sneakers, marking his first appearance on the field since he joined the concentration last Wednesday.\n\nThe main goal is to ensure their participation in the World Cup, with the debut scheduled against Morocco on June 13 in New Jersey.\n\nNeymar&#8217;s treatment includes physiotherapy and gym work. This Friday, he limited himself to light exercises and observing his teammates&#8217; training.\n\nThe Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has reported that Neymar will be out for two to three weeks due to a grade II muscle injury.\n\nNeymar will miss the friendly matches against Panama and Egypt, but remains part of the squad for the World Cup, where he will seek his fourth participation.\n\nDuring the session, he was also seen conversing with Rodrigo Caetano, coordinator of the Brazilian men&#8217;s national teams, as the team intensifies its preparation for the tournament.\n\nBrazil will face the 2026 World Cup under the direction of Carlo Ancelotti, who recently took over with the ambition of taking the Canarinha to the top of world football.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neymar Jr. Advances in His Recovery for the 2026 World Cup TERES\u00d3POLIS, Brazil \u2013 Brazilian star Neymar Jr. has once again shown signs of progress in his recovery. This Friday, the forward was seen on the pitch at Granja Comary, the training center of the Brazilian national team, as he prepares for the 2026 World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":119931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[926,290,12762,522],"class_list":{"0":"post-119930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-brazil","9":"tag-injury","10":"tag-neymar-jr","11":"tag-world-cup"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}