Neymar Injured Again: Al Hilal Star Faces Two-Week Recovery After AFC Champions League Setback

Brazil international striker Neymar will be absent from the field for at least two weeks, after suffering a fresh injury during his action against Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia yesterday, Monday, in League AFC Champions, according to the expectations of his Portuguese coach, Jorge Jesus.

Neymar (32 years old) came on as a substitute in the 58th minute of Iran’s 3-0 win over Esteghlal in the AFC Elite Champions League, then was forced off 3 minutes from time ‘ game because of an injury to him. thigh, and was replaced by the player Mohammed Al-Qahtani.

Jesus said in a press conference after the game: “He is currently suffering from a muscle tear.

Then, Neymar mentioned his injury on his Instagram account: “I felt like a muscle spasm, but it’s very strong, I’ll go through tests and I hope it’s not serious.”

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He continued: “It is normal for this thing to happen after (without) a year.

Neymar – who was registered only on the “Al-Zaeem” lists in the continental competition – returned to the game on October 21, after a year of absence, when he entered as a substitute also, especially in the 77th minute in the game against the host, Al-Ain, the UAE champion (4-3).

Jesus continued, “Neymar’s case is not easy. This confirms what I thought when I made the decision not to register him in the league, because I knew that things would not be easy for him.”

Neymar appeared angry after returning to the bench and threw away the shin guards, but left the field without help from medical staff, before handing a shirt to one of the visiting team-mates.

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Jesus continued: “On the medical level, his knee has recovered, but he will later suffer from problems like the ones he faced today, muscle problems because he has not played for a while big and the rhythm of the team is very high. “

He said: “He’s also a player who likes to play with a strong rhythm, but he’s not ready on a muscular level for those changes in pace. . If we don’t succeed in this, what happened will happen again.”

If Jesus’ predictions are true, Neymar’s absence from Al Hilal will have reached 398 days out of 460 since he moved to the capital team, Riyadh, from Paris Saint-Germain, in exchange for around 90 million euros ($97.90 million) in August of last year.

Neymar was absent from Brazil’s national team squad for its matches against Venezuela and Uruguay scheduled for November 14 and 19 after coach Dorival Junior “decided not to call him and rush things.”

Neymar, the best scorer in the history of the Brazilian national team (79 goals in 128 international matches) and the most expensive player in the world, carried the colors of his country on October 17, 2023, when he suffered a serious wound to the cross. ligament in his left knee.