“Today is one of the most difficult moments of my career, and again in a World Cup. I have an injury, it’s annoying, it’s going to hurt, but I’m sure I’ll have the chance to come back because I’ll do what I can to help my country, my teammates and myself”wrote the striker on Instagram.
The “Canarinha” captain was injured 34 minutes into the second half of the win against Serbia (he was replaced by rising star Antony, from England’s Manchester United), with notorious inflammation in his right ankle.
“The scans showed damage to the lateral ligaments of Neymar’s right ankle. He will continue in treatment. It is important to be calm and calm. This evaluation will be daily. We can already say that we will not have him for our next game, but he is still in treatment to recover for competition”, specified Dr. Rodrigo Lasmar.
Something similar happens with the winger Danilo (Juventus, from Italy), with “an injury to the medial ligament of the left ankle,” Lasmar pointed out. The main attention is, however, on Neymar Jr.
“The pride and love I feel for wearing the jersey of my country has no explanation. If God gave me the opportunity to choose a country to be born in, it would be Brazil. Nothing in my life was easy for me, I always had to run after my dreams and my goals, never wishing evil on anyone and helping whoever needed it”Neymar added on his social media account.
And concluded: “Will the enemy easily knock me down? Never! I am a child of the God of the impossible and my faith is endless”.
The publication received quick responses and messages of support, such as that of his partner in the selected Vinicius, striker for Real Madrid in Spain: “My idol, let’s go together.”
Beyond the evident power of the team led by Tite, and the brilliant individuals that make it up (without going any further than Richarlison, scorer of the two goals in the win over Serbia, but also Raphinha, Casemiro, Vinicius, Gabriel Jesús and the following signatures), the illusions are sustained in Neymar, crack and captain.
“Injured, Neymar is left out of the group stage and the doctor does not guarantee his presence for the remainder of the World Cup”; O Globo reported; “Neymar is out of the group stage”, headlined Lance, the Brazilian sports newspaper; “The National Team is racing to get Neymar back for the final phase,” Folha said.
The situation refers to what happened in the World Cup that Brazil organized in 2014, when Neymar was already the figure of the team (then he played in Barcelona, Spain).
After a great first phase, with four goals (two in the 3-1 defeat of Croatia and another two in the 4-1 defeat of Cameroon); and after the tight victory on penalties over Chile in the round of 16, Lionel Messi’s teammate at France’s PSG had to leave injured in the quarterfinal clash against Colombia.
Shortly before consummating the 2-1 victory in Fortaleza, Neymar suffered a strong tackle on the back from Camilo Zuñiga that caused him to fracture a vertebra.
The injury sidelined him from the historic semifinal clash in which Brazil lost 7-1 to Germany, then champions by beating Argentina in the final.
Emerged in Santos, like Pelé, he was not in the loss against the Netherlands either, 0-3, in the match for third place.
In Russia 2018 he was in all five of Brazil’s games (eliminated in the quarterfinals after the 1-2 loss to Belgium), but he had reached the tournament with just enough after being inactive for several months due to an injury to the fifth metatarsal in his right foot. that took him out of 16 games with PSG.
The following year he tore the ligaments in his right ankle and missed the Copa América, which Brazil won as organizer. It is the same area in which he was injured against Serbia, which increases the concern of the medical staff.
Brazil will play again next Monday, against Switzerland; and will close their participation in group G of the first phase against Cameroon, on Friday, December 2. If they qualify first, they will meet in the round of 16 on Monday the 5th with the second in zone H (Portugal, South Korea, Uruguay and Ghana); and if it is second, it will be done the next day with the winner of the same H.
Source: Ambito
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