Neymar was sent off after the final whistle in Brazil’s 1-0 Copa America defeat to Colombia following an altercation with Jeison Murillo and Carlos Bacca.
After
the full-time whistle, Neymar kicked the ball at Colombia’s Pablo
Armero and was subsequently confronted by Murillo, who scored the
first-half winner for Colombia.
Neymar thrusted his head towards
Murillo, but was then pushed violently in the back by Bacca as players
from both teams gathered to break up the argument.
The referee
consequently opted to show the Barcelona man a red card, while Bacca
received the same punishment for his role in the incident.
Brazil
will thus have to make do without the services of their skipper in
their final Group C encounter versus Venezuela due to suspension.
The
forward had previously already picked up his second yellow card of the
group stages and would have missed the match against Venezuela without
his dismissal anyway.
The Selecao skipper was cautioned in his
side's 2-1 win over Peru on matchday one for scraping away the referee's
vanishing spray ahead of a free kick and again went into the referee's
book in Santiago for handling the ball.
The 23-year-old played a
vital role in his side's win over Peru, scoring once and setting up the
winner for Douglas Costa well into stoppage time, but as unable to make
an impact against Colombia.
The Barcelona man's absence at the
Monumental in Santiago could see one of Douglas Costa, Philippe
Coutinho or Robinho make their way into the starting XI.
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