Neymar battled back tears on Saturday as he urged his Brazil teammates to win the World Cup without him after he sustained a fractured vertebra in the quarterfinal win over Colombia.

"It is a difficult moment for me and it is hard to know what to say. My dream is not over - it was interrupted," the emotional superstar said in a video released by the Brazilian Football Confederation as he left the team camp.

"Life moves on. I am sure my teammates will do everything possible so that we can achieve our dream of being champions.