Meanwhile, teams are making their final preparations for the tournament to be start on Thursday when the host Brazil take on Croatia in São Paulo. One home player seems to be bearing the brunt of the local pressure and that's Neymar. The BBC's football reporter John Bennett is in Brazil and describes the reaction from the host where Neymar looked to have injured himself during training on Monday.
He rolled his ankle in a training session at their base in Teresópolis which is in the state of Rio de Janerio. He looked in real pain but straight after got back up and I think that's why the fans here in Brazil haven't gone into panic mode. He eventually got up to resume the session, so the fans can breathe again. There always seems to be the poster girl or a poster boy at these sporting events. Of the Olympics in 2012, it was the British athlete Jessica Ennis. Here in Rio for the World Cup, it is undoubtedly Neymar. I've just had a walk to the Copacabana Beach where they built a fan park for the fans, the FIFA Fans' Fest, they call it. And guess whose picture is everywhere? It's Neymar. He's nearly on every advert. His poster is everywhere.
