Soccer Football - World Cup - Brazil Training - Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 21, 2018 Brazil's Neymar during training REUTERS/Henry Romero
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Neymar needs at least five matches to return to top form after a long injury layoff, but Brazil have not asked their talismanic forward to gamble on his fitness just to be improve their chances at the World Cup, coach Tite said on Thursday.
The five-times world champions drew their opening Group E game against Switzerland 1-1 and play their second match against Costa Rica in St Petersburg on Friday.
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