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The questions kept coming, one after another, about one particular man. At a World Cup, even a Brazil press conference is a major event but this had a different twist.
As much as people were looking for information, the vast majority of Tite's audience seemed to be looking for reassurance. Was Neymar going to be fit? How could Brazil cope without him? What would the head coach say about Neymar being fouled so much?
Brazil are eagerly awaiting news regarding how long Neymar will be out for due to injury
His name seemed to be on loop to the point that Marquinhos was given an inquisition of his own. How was Neymar's state of mind? Was there belief in the squad that he would be back? On and on it went for 30 minutes — Neymar, Neymar, Neymar.
Among the answers, though, was an apology. Tite, the man charged with delivering Brazil's sixth World Cup and first since 2002, felt he had made a mistake during that opening 2-0 win over Serbia when his star man's ankle was damaged.
'I had not seen that Neymar was injured,' said Tite, who felt the change could have been made 11 minutes earlier. 'I am clarifying this. I would like to say this in public to the player. This moment, for me, is huge. This moment is beyond football.
'Let me tell you something. Neymar and Danilo (who was also injured) will play again in the World Cup. This is my opinion. The medical and clinical assessments, I am not in position to speak about these
