Right-back Wesley, 22, is out of the World Cup. After leaving the field crying in the first half of the friendly against Egypt, on Saturday (6), the player underwent imaging tests this Sunday (7), which revealed a grade 3 injury to the adductor muscle of his left thigh.
With a recovery time of at least six weeks, and up to three months, the technical committee of Brazilian team he had to opt for the athlete’s cut.
On social media, the player tried to describe his sadness. “Today I need to interrupt a dream because of an injury. It hurts not to be able to continue wearing the Brazilian national team shirt at this moment, but anyone who knows my story knows that giving up was never an option.”
“CBF regrets the injury. Wesley is an athlete loved by the group and will always be considered part of this team that seeks a sixth world championship,” the organization said in a statement.
Still in the statement, the entity informed that midfielder Éderson, 26, from Atalanta, has already been called to join the group, replacing the full-back. With spells at Corinthians, Cruzeiro, and Fortaleza before standing out in Italian football, the midfielder will already be with the Brazilian team in the training this Monday (8), in New Jersey.
On Saturday, during the friendly with Egypt, the last one before Brazil’s debut in the World Cup on the 13th, against Egypt, the scene of Wesley crying on the bench after being forced to leave the game, just 16 minutes into the match, drew attention.
Playing as a winger for Roma on the leftthe versatile 22-year-old young man from Maranhão seemed to emerge as the main candidate to take over the position lacking an owner in the Brazilian team one week before his debut at the World Cup.
He was replaced in the game against the Egyptians by experienced defender Danilo, 34, who has been a substitute in the Flemish and most used as a defender at the Rio club. In addition to him, defender Ibañez, 27, from Al Ahli, in Saudi Arabia, is another who can play improvised in the position, one of the most lacking in the Brazilian team in recent years.
Even before announcing his squad list, Ancelotti had already lost a certain name for the sector, with the injury of Éder Militão, who could play as a winger. But he was injured at Real Madrid, underwent surgery and missed the World Cup.
