Brazil to meet South Korea with Neymar

Mighty Brazil will face South Korea in the World Cup round of 16 rolls today (Monday) afternoon.

The Brazilians won Group G but are coming off of a surprising 1-0 loss to Cameroon, while South Korea finished as runners-up in Group H after beating Portugal while just edging Uruguay on a tiebreaker to sneak into the knockout stage.

Neymar appeared to have fully recovered from his ankle injury and was expected to return to Brazil's starting lineup against South Korea.
A smiling Neymar trained with teammates Sunday in a practice session that was partially open to media.

He appeared to no longer be bothered by the injury that kept him out of Brazil's previous two matches.

Coach Tite had said earlier in the day that Neymar would play if all went well in the team's final training session before the match against South Korea.

The Brazil forward missed two group matches after injuring his right ankle in the team's opening win over Serbia. He was back training for the first time on Saturday.

Tite said he planned to use Neymar from the opening whistle instead of as a substitute if he's healthy enough to play.

“I prefer to use my best player from the start,” Tite said. “It’s the coach who has to make that decision and take on that responsibility.”