Brazil suffer blow as Jusus and Teles ruled out

Five-time champions Brazil’s hopes of securing first World Cup title since 2002 were dealt a blow when Gabriel Jesus and Alex Telles were ruled out for the rest of the tournament due to injuries, Brazilian media reported on Saturday.

Arsenal stiker Jesus will miss the remaining matches because of knee injury and Seville left back Telles is out after sustaining injury against Cameroon.

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Brazilian duo Neymar and Danilo already missed Brazil’s the group games against Switzerland and Cameroon after sustaining injuries in the opening 2-0 victory over Serbia.

Brazil face South Korea in the last 16 match on Monday