Brazil will have to face the friendly against Egypt - their final World Cup warm-up – without their talismanic figurehead, as Neymar has been officially ruled out of the upcoming trip to Cleveland. The Santos star is set to remain at the national team's training base to undergo intensive physiotherapy in a desperate race against time.

The U.S. government has issued an updated travel warning for Brazil due to the threat of kidnapping. The U.S. Department of State wrote on Aug. 8 that its travel advisory for the South American country was “updated to add risk indicator for kidnapping.”