Without Neymar and Casemiro, Brazil is put to the test against Venezuela

Once again, Brazil will test its “Neymardependence”. A feeling of insecurity that about and a half returns to amaze Canarinha, as long as the biggest star green and yellow leaves due to injury. This Friday evening, in Sao Paulo against Venezuela, Tite is unlikely to have the challenge of replacing his injured big star. The selector Nor will he be able to count on his captain and locker room leader, Casemiro (low for COVID-19)and with another key member of your team, Coutinho, also injured (follow the game live on As.com).

Neymar’s physical problems are a constant headache for Tite. Since the World Cup in Russia, Neymar has only participated in 13 of Brazil’s 24 games due to injuries. He was to be replaced in minutes 8, 20 and 12 of the friendlies against Cameroon, Qatar and Nigeria, respectively, and couldn’t be in the 2019 America’s Cup. After spending almost a year without wearing the bell, Neymar returned to the first round of the South American qualifiers and shone, playing a good game against Bolivia and scoring a hat-trick in the win against Peru.

But the joy didn’t last long and Ney fell again, two weeks ago, with hamstring discomfort during the first part of the Champions League duel that PSG played in Istanbul against Basaksehir. The crack was concentrated with his teammates and it was thought that he could be ready for next Tuesday’s match against Uruguay, in Montevideo. But after one last medical visit he was totally excluded for that meeting and He will return to Paris to continue his recovery.

On the positive side, Tite will recover Alisson and Gabriel Jesus against Venezuela, who were not on the previous date, injured. Who wasn’t either Vinicius Jr, who will start on the bench but will have the minutes available in the second half. Tite wants to test his speed and overflow on the left wing, where he manages to form an explosive duo with Renan Lodi, who at 4-2-3-1 Canarinho acts almost like a winger.

Vinotinto arrives with the full squad and it is urgent to win, since she started with two defeats in the qualifying groups.