Brazil's likely starter 🇧🇷 is out of the Copa, says journalist

Brazil's likely starter 🇧🇷 is out of the Copa, says journalistBrazil’s national team is set to lose another key player to injury with the World Cup in mind.

>According to journalist Miguel Ángel Díaz, from COPE radio, Éder Militão’s injury is worse than expected, and he will not recover in time to play in the World Cup.

>The defender will have to undergo surgery and is only expected to return to the pitch at the start of the 2026/27 season with Real Madrid.

Militão was injured last Tuesday (21) against Alavés and had to be substituted near the end of the first half.

>COPE also reported that Real Madrid’s medical department found that his previous muscle injury, suffered in December in the same area, had reopened.

>The Brazilian defender spent nearly four months recovering and even started in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Bayern Munich.

>The match against Alavés was his fifth since the physical issue in December 2025.

>Militão was considered almost certain to be included in Carlo Ancelotti’s squad for this year’s World Cup, with the ability to play both as a center-back and as a right-back.

>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.