Out injured during his team's last match this Monday, the Brazilian spoke on Instagram immediately, talking about the pain he had felt on the pitch.
He finally saw the end of the tunnel. After more than a year of absence due to a serious injury, Neymar was able to play again two weeks ago. Unfortunately for the former PSG player, he left in the 86th minute, after only thirty minutes of play this Monday, hit in a thigh, during his second appearance, which was almost as short as the first, ultimately (the Brazilian was entered play in the 77th against Al-Ain). Except that this time, the Brazilian has reason to be worried, even if he tried on Instagram to put the seriousness of the moment into perspective.
Absent at least two weeks?
“I felt like a cramp but the pain was very strong,” he said on Instagram. “I'm going to have some tests, I hope it's not too serious. It's normal that it happens after a year (without playing), the doctors had already warned me. I have to be careful and play more. ” Neymar appeared on the pitch at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh in the 58th minute of play. Al-Hilal was already leading 2-0 thanks to Serbian striker Aleksandar Mitrovic, who scored a hat-trick to seal a clear victory without blunder (3-0) of his team, at the top of the championship.
The brilliant striker had time to put on a show with technical gestures of which he has the secret, but the break quickly ended with a new injury. And the Brazilian left the field in disappointment, holding his right hamstring. “He is coming back from an injury which is not easy,” said his trainer Jorge Jesus. “He plays in a position that makes him very vulnerable to contact. I believe his injury is muscular, not knee. He should be out for at least two weeks.”
Before his serious injury which kept him away from the field for more than a year, Neymar had only played five matches with Al-Hilal since signing for the Saudi club in August 2023. The Brazilian had joined the very lucrative Saudi Pro League from Paris Saint-Germain.
