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11 days until World Cup 2018: Neymar statement, De Gea is human, bye-bye Bendtner

The international friendlies continue to be played in the lead-up to the 2018 World Cup in Russia, with some of the competition favourites in action on Sunday night.

Both Spain and Brazil fielded strong sides in their latest games, with Neymar making quite the statement at Anfield.

Meanwhile, Nicklas Bendtner will not be at the World Cup after the former Arsenal joke figure was omitted from Denmark’s 23-man squad.

Brazil win, Neymar stars

After an excellent South American qualifying campaign, Brazil are many people’s favourites to win the World Cup – and the Selecao made it ten games unbeaten after a 2-0 win over Croatia at Anfield.