( CNN ) -- Brazil is into the World Cup semifinals . But its brightest star is out . Neymar fractured his vertebra Friday night during his team 's World Cup quarterfinal win over Colombia and will miss the remainder of the football tournament , team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar told reporters after the game . The 22-year-old got kneed in the back during a second-half collision with a Colombian player . He rolled on the ground afterward , then cried in apparent pain while being taken off the field on a stretcher . `` It 's not serious in the sense that it does n't need surgery , but he 'll need to immobilize it to recover , '' said Lasmar , according to a story on the official website of FIFA , which runs the World Cup . `` Unfortunately , he 's not going to be able to play . '' His loss is a huge blow for Brazil , which entered the World Cup with steep expectations given its traditional excellence in the sport -- it has won more championships than any other country -- and the fact it is hosting the tourney for the first time since 1950 . As one woman dressed in a Brazilian national team jersey told CNN on Friday night in Rio de Janeiro , `` It 's like we have lost today . '' `` It 's terrible , terrible . I 'm so sad , '' she added regarding Neymar 's injury . `` But let 's go on . '' Many in Brazil still have a bitter taste from that World Cup decades ago , when the host lost in the finals to Uruguay . It 's not like the next game would have been easy regardless . In the semifinal Tuesday , Brazil will face Germany , which is undefeated in the tournament and handily toppled France earlier Friday . The final game will take place July 13 . Neymar is not the only one unavailable for the semifinal : Thiago Silva , the squad 's captain , will also miss the game after getting his second yellow card on Friday -- which automatically rules him out of his next game . Neymar has been the face of his team in his native Brazil and around the world . He has scored four goals , more than anyone else on his team and anyone in the tournament besides Colombia 's James Rodriguez . ( Argentina 's Lionel Messi and Germany 's Thomas Mueller also have four goals , like Neymar . ) A standout with the Brazilian club Santos , Neymar moved last summer to one of the world 's richest , most successful clubs in FC Barcelona . Messi , his teammate there , was among those who offered their regrets that Neymar is out of the World Cup and their best wishes for a speedy recovery . The legendary Argentinian posted Friday night on his Facebook page : `` Neymar , I hope you recover very soon , friend ! '' CNN 's Harry Reekie , Fred Pleitgen and Mayra Cuevas contributed to this report .
NEW : Argentinian star Lionel Messi says : `` I hope you recover very soon , friend ! '' Lionel Messi fractured a vertebra during Brazil 's World Cup win , team doctor says . He is out for the World Cup semifinal and , if Brazil beats Brazil , the final . One Argentinian fan says , `` It 's like we have lost 1950 ''