Brazil is not doing very well in the World Cup qualifiers and at times it looks like Brazil will not be able to play in the 2026 World Cup? However, despite their poor performance in the qualifiers, I still believe Brazil will qualify for the main stage of the World Cup. If this former five-time World Cup winning team is not in the World Cup, then there will be no World Cup frenzy. There are many fans of Brazil and Argentina around the world, so if Brazil is not in the World Cup, it will have a bad effect on FIFA from the economic point of view.
Brazil did not play well in the World Cup qualifying matches, But in those matches they had all the best players in their team, still they could not show their strong performance in those matches. It's absolutely true that Brazil was a very strong team in the past, But looking at the qualifier matches, it never seemed like they would be able to qualify for the World Cup. This team has probably won the most World Cups, yet it has been very difficult for them to qualify for the upcoming World Cup. If Brazil fails to qualify for this World Cup, then the popularity of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be greatly reduced.
The question now is whether Neymar will be able to play in the first team there if Brazil qualify for the World Cup. I have made the point that Neymar's presence in the team depends on his physical fitness. If he is injured until the squad is announced then he will not be able to play in the main phase of the World Cup but if he is fit and performs well in the months before the squad is announced then the selectors will definitely give him preference.
It's not the important point whether Neymar can play in the first team there, the most important point is whether Neymar will recover. Every Brazil fan wants Neymar to play for their team, but he was unable to play many matches due to injury. We have seen that he is yet to play most of the matches for his club due to injuries and he has not been able to contribute significantly for that club.