Thirty-four minutes. Holder with Santos on the occasion of the fourth day of the Brazilian championship, Neymar had only spent a big half hour on the field against Atletico Minero. The fault of a relapse of the left thigh.
The former Parisian, who knew his first tenure of the season, even injured himself after only 24 minutes of play. Evidenced by his grin of pain after the opening of the score. But if after receiving care, the Brazilian playmaker tried to stay on the field, he had to face the facts.
Neymar was finally replaced by the Argentinian Benjamin Rollheiser and it was in tears that the native of Rio left the lawn, warmly applauded by the supporters of Santos. This relapse comes a month and a half after a first injury to this same left thigh in early March.
Neymar, a bitter 100th
The Seleçao player was injured in the quarter -final of the Sao Paulo State championship against Bragantino. On the side, the attacker had missed the semi-finals and had been withdrawn from the Seleçao group for the 2026 World Cup qualification matches against Colombia and Argentina.
Neymar had returned to competition on Sunday on the occasion of the match against Fluminense at the Maracana. Coming into play at the break, he had been discreet and could not avoid the defeat of his own (1-0). The Brazilian hoped to catch up this Wednesday for what was his 100e Home match with Santos, his training club.
