Neymar made his comeback on October 21st after a year out with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left leg. The Brazilian played 13 minutes in that match and played a second match where he could only stay on the pitch for 29 minutes because he was injured again.
The player was very excited about his return and was also motivated by the fact that his family was in the stands watching him. Bruna Biancardi and their daughter were in one of the stadium boxes cheering on the striker.
Both were wearing the team’s shirts and had to watch from afar as he was once again forced to leave the field injured.
Neymar hopes it’s “nothing serious”
Neymar came on in the 58th minute as a substitute for Abdullah Al Hamdan and 29 minutes later had to be withdrawn visibly in pain and frustrated after feeling discomfort in his thigh, initially from a challenge by Zamani and later from overstretching his left leg, before being replaced by Mohammed Al Qahtani, which raised alarm bells once again.
After the match, in which Al Hilal won 3-0 with a hat-trick from Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic, he sent a reassuring message on social media to calm his fans. “It felt like a cramp, only a really strong one. I’ll have tests done and hope it’s nothing more,” he said.
“It’s normal for this to happen after a year, the doctors already warned me, that’s why I have to be careful and play more minutes,” added the Brazilian international, who is not registered for domestic competitions due to uncertainty about his recovery, and therefore, whatever the extent of his injury, he will not play again until November 26th in the fifth round of the Asian Champions League against Al-Sadd.
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