Neymar to miss Copa America

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Neymar will play for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics but will skip the Copa America, Barcelona said on Wednesday.

The news was announced after the 8-0 La Liga win over Deportivo, with Neymar netting one of the goals to end the forward’s five-game scoreless run.

Neymar had said he wanted to play in both tournaments and the Brazilian soccer confederation had asked for his release, but Barcelona did not want to lose the striker for so long and feared that his participation in both events could affect his preparations for next season.

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