Brazilian fans plan to wear Neymar masks for World Cup semi-final

Neymar will miss the rest of the World Cup with a fractured vertebrae, and the people of Brazil are more than a little sad about it. Fortunately, they have

Neymar will miss the rest of the World Cup with a fractured vertebrae, and the people of Brazil are more than a little sad about it.

Fortunately, they have found a way to support the team, and honor the fallen striker at the same time. Unfortunately, their solution involves thousands of creepy Neymar masks.

1000s of fans expected to wear 'We are all Neymar' masks at the Brazil x Germany semi-final in the Mineirão tomorrow pic.twitter.com/B9tMCbnsdq

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The cut-outs will obviously look slightly less terrifying when they have actual eyes and instead of a haunting white abyss, but it is still going to be more than a little disquieting for the German team to se thousands of the same face staring back at them during Tuesday's semi-final.

The masks are available courtesy of this Brazilian newspaper:

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