Brazil’s team doctor says Neymar has been ruled out of the country’s next two World Cup football matches after sustaining ligament damage in his right ankle.
The 30-year-old forward was replaced in the 80th minute of Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia after a heavy tackle from Nikola Milenkovic.
Neymar sat with his face covered while receiving treatment and pictures showed his right ankle was swollen.
Right-back Danilo will also miss the next two games with ankle damage.
Neymar was also injured at the 2014 World Cup.
Playing at home in Brazil, his tournament ended with a back injury in the quarterfinals against Colombia when he had to be taken off the field on a stretcher.
Brazil ended up losing to Germany 7-1 in the semifinals.
Brazil face Switzerland in their second Group G game on Monday, before playing Cameroon next Friday.
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