Casemiro was asked if he was concerned about picking up an injury with the World Cup finals starting later this month.

The ball-winner will be a key figure for the bookmakers’ favourites to lift the trophy but is not even thinking yet about competing in Qatar.

“With a player’s mentality, it is impossible to even start thinking about the World Cup,” he stated. “Tomorrow’s game is way too important for us to start thinking about the World Cup etc.

“So I think any player who starts thinking like that picks up an injury in the end, so that’s not my profile at all. All I think about is giving my all tomorrow on the pitch, in order to play a great game and help my team-mates.”

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