Low: Brazil's absences make it harder task

The hosts will be without talisman Neymar for the last-four clash in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday, after the Barcelona man suffered a fractured vertebra in a challenge from Juan Camilo Zuniga during the latter stages of Friday's quarter-final victory over Colombia.

Luiz Felipe Scolari will also be forced to manage without captain Thiago Silva, who is suspended after picking up his second caution of the finals.

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