Cleveland, June 4 -- Brazil will be without star forward Neymar for their final FIFA World Cup warm-up match against Egypt after the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirmed that the veteran attacker will remain at the team's training base in New Jersey to continue treatment on a calf injury.

The decision was taken to allow Neymar to undergo intensive physiotherapy and physical recovery rather than travel with the squad to Cleveland for Saturday's friendly, the Selecao's last preparatory fixture before the start of the World Cup in the United States, as per goal.com.

Neymar has not played for nearly three weeks after suffering a grade two calf strain while representing Santos in a Brazilian league match against Coritiba. The inj...