{"id":50284,"date":"2026-04-25T17:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=50284"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:39:00","slug":"eder-militao-faces-world-cup-doubt-after-fresh-injury-setback-with-brazil-national-football-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/eder-militao-faces-world-cup-doubt-after-fresh-injury-setback-with-brazil-national-football-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Eder Milit\u00e3o faces World Cup doubt after fresh injury setback with Brazil national football team"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Real Madrid defender faces a race against time after a scar from his previous muscle tear has reportedly reopened, raising the alarming possibility of surgery just seven weeks before Brazil\u2019s opener against Morocco.<\/p>\n

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\u00c9der Milit\u00e3o\u2019s World Cup dream is in serious jeopardy. The 27-year-old Real Madrid centre-back has suffered a relapse of his biceps femoris injury \u2014 and according to reports from @miguelitocope, the scar from his previous muscle tear has reopened, putting surgery firmly on the table. If the worst is confirmed, Milit\u00e3o would almost certainly be ruled out of Brazil\u2019s 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign entirely.<\/p>\n

Real Madrid\u2019s official medical bulletin, issued on April 23, confirmed that Milit\u00e3o sustained a muscle injury to the biceps femoris of his left leg, with the club stating only that his progress \u201cwill be monitored.\u201d However, the severity of the relapse \u2014 and the alarming detail about the scar tissue breaking down \u2014 paints a far grimmer picture than the initial statement suggested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHe has suffered a relapse of his biceps femoris injury. The scar has reopened, so he will possibly have to undergo surgery.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 @miguelitocope, Cope Radio (April 25, 2026)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The timing could hardly be worse. Brazil \u2014 ranked sixth in the world and placed in Group C alongside Morocco, Haiti, and Scotland \u2014 open their World Cup campaign on June 13 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Before then, Dorival J\u00fanior\u2019s side are scheduled to play friendlies against Panama on May 31 and Egypt on June 7. With roughly seven weeks until kick-off, even a conservative recovery from a straightforward muscle tear would be a tight turnaround; surgery would almost certainly end Milit\u00e3o\u2019s tournament before it begins.<\/p>\n

This is the latest blow in a devastating run of injuries for the Brazilian international. In August 2023, he ruptured his left ACL, missing nearly seven months. Last season, he suffered the same fate on his right knee \u2014 tearing the ACL and damaging the meniscus in a setback that kept him sidelined for eight months. He had only just returned to something resembling consistent fitness before December 2025, when he ruptured the biceps femoris tendon in a 2\u20130 LaLiga defeat to Celta Vigo \u2014 an injury that left him on crutches and casting doubt over his World Cup participation for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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