Brazil vs. Colombia, 2014 World Cup: Selecao sneak a win, but Neymar is hurt

Scolari said that Neymar was in tears from the pain when he left the stadium and repeatedly cast doubt upon his star’s ability to play in the semifinal.

Neymar was injured late in the quarterfinal when Juan Zuniga came barreling through him on a ball in the air. Zuniga’s knee hit Neymar in the lower back and the Brazilian crumbled to the ground. Play continued on and at the next whistle, Neymar was lying face down on the ground. Trainers looked at him before stretchering him off of the field with the player in obvious pain.

According to multiple outlets, “it does not look good.”

Neymar turned to win a ball in the air and Zuniga came barreling through him from behind. It appeared as if Zuniga’s knee hit Neymar’s lower back, and Neymar went straight to the ground. Play continued on, but at the next whistle Neymar was still laying face down on the ground. The trainers came out to treat him, put him on a stretcher and took him off of the pitch. He was replaced by Henrique.

It wasn’t entirely clear what Neymar injured, though the challenge from Zuniga did feature a nasty knee to Neymar’s back, and the physio staff was careful about getting him onto the stretcher, so a back injury looks like the most likely problem at present.

Some would argue talent, but they would be wrong.

Some would argue management, but they, too, would be wrong.

Seriously, he couldn’t bring himself to not interfere with the goalkeeper.

Noooooooooooooo

That’s really, really bad set piece marking by Colombia. There’s just no reason for Thiago Silva to be that free on a corner kick ever, and certainly not right at the far post. Colombia have a tough fight back from this.