On crutches as he left the stadium, Neymar returned to Brazil to undergo tests in the city of São Paulo and find out the severity of the injury.
On the night of last Tuesday, the 17th, the Brazil lost to Uruguay in a match valid for the fourth round of Qualifiers. With an adverse score at the end of the first stage, Neymar He suffered a hard foul, fell to the ground crying and had to leave on a stretcher, as he immediately asked for a substitution. Richarlison took the place of the number ten of the yellow team.
With a serious sprain in his left knee, Neymar left the stadium with the support of crutches. The information is that the player will undergo exams in São Paulo to determine the severity of the injury. The main suspicion is a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). However, the doctor Rodrigo Lasmarfrom the Brazilian Teamurged caution in the assessment.
“We did all the tests. These tests will be repeated tomorrow (Wednesday). These 24 hours will be important to see how the knee will respond, the swelling it will present and the imaging tests that will define a definitive diagnosis. It’s too early to say (if it’s ligament). Let’s wait for the exams calmly, evaluate calmly, and as soon as we have a definition we will tell you“.
Neymar published a biblical excerpt after suffering the injury. “This was the verse I put before departure… ‘in his heart a man plans his path, but the Lord determines his steps’. Proverbs. 16:9. God knows everything. All honor and all glory is always yours, my God. Regardless of everything, I have faith“, wrote shirt ten.
TABOO BROKEN!
After 22 years of maintaining a long taboo against Uruguay, Brazil was defeated 2-0 against their South American rival. The last defeat to the Uruguayans had happened in 2001. To add even more drama to the team’s moment, Celeste broke yet another fast, as they had not beaten the Canarian team by two goals since 1983.
Given all this, the technician Fernando Diniz He arrived at the press conference very upset. Recognizing the poor performance of the Brazilian Team, he took the blame for the underperformance. However, the Canarian commander demanded the squad and asked for more attention and aggression from the athletes during the matches.
“We have a certain tendency to make a simple analysis of complex problems. If he was right, with Neymar we would have a lot of depth and chances created. That’s not what happened. In the second half, we were even slightly better than in the first. The team as a whole did not do well in the creation part“, said Fernando Diniz at a press conference.
Source: sportbuzz
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