Tite plots gameplan without Neymar as Brazil prepare for Switzerland test

27-Nov-2022 16:12:58 | The Guardian

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Casemiro had a confession. “I sometimes feel sorry for our opponents,” Brazil’s Manchester United midfielder said last week. “We have so many good players.” Considering he was not boasting or exaggerating but merely being candid it may seems something of a surprise that Casemiro’s manager, Tite, his teammate Marquinhos and Tite’s assistant César Sampaio devoted most of a 40-minute media briefing on Sunday to discussing a sidelined forward.

No prizes for guessing that man is Neymar, with question after question concentrating on how Brazil will cope without him against Switzerland on Monday and how a Paris Saint-Germain striker with 75 goals in 122 games for his country could be replaced.