Napoli - Napoli have backed their Colombia defender Juan Zuniga over his challenge on Neymar that forced the Brazil forward out of the World Cup with a fractured bone in his back.
"Napoli regrets the injury Neymar suffered that will prevent him playing in the semi-final (later on Tuesday) against Germany," the Italian club said on their website.
"Best wishes to the Brazilian champion for a speedy recovery," they added.
"At the same time, the club expresses its solidarity with Zuniga, who has come under ferocious criticism and received threats of all kinds due to a foul that was unfortunate due to its consequences but not malicious."
Napoli noted that Zuniga had not been punished for the challenge by the referee of the World Cup quarter-final, which Brazil won 2-1, and had later been cleared by FIFA's Disciplinary Committee.