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Brazilian star Neymar is "the first player in the world to be called up to the national side and be working remotely", Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva joked on Friday.
巴西球星內馬爾是「全世界第一位被國家隊徵召、卻遠距工作的球員」，巴西總統路易斯．伊納西奧．魯拉．達席爾瓦週五開玩笑說。
The 34-year-old missed the opening 1-1 draw with Morocco and has also been omitted by coach Carlo Ancelotti from the squad for their second group game against Haiti.
這名34歲球星錯過了巴西首戰以1比1與摩洛哥踢和的比賽，也被總教練卡洛．安切洛蒂排除在小組賽第二場對海地的出賽名單之外。
"Neymar? He is not even playing!" Lula replied to a young boy when he mentioned Neymar’s name.
「內馬爾？他根本沒上場！」魯拉回答一名提到內馬爾名字的小男孩。
Neymar was diagnosed in late May with an injury to his right calf, and has featured in just half of the games for his club Santos this year due to various fitness issues.
內馬爾5月底被診斷出右小腿受傷，今年也因多個身體狀況，僅代表其所屬俱樂部桑托斯隊出賽約半數場次。
He has not played for his country since October 2023. Owing to his series of injuries, there was some surprise at his inclusion in Brazil’s World Cup squad this time.
他自2023年10月以來就未曾代表國家隊出賽。由於他接連受傷，外界對於他這次入選巴西世界盃代表隊名單，感到有些意外。
新聞辭典
omit：動詞，省略，未列入，排除在外。例句：The editor omitted one sentence from the report.（編輯從報導中刪去一句話。）
inclusion：名詞，納入，列入。例句：The inclusion of music made the event more enjoyable.（音樂的加入讓這場活動更有趣。）
