By Gura Garcia
05 Nov 2024, 08:59 AM EST
Brazilian striker Neymar will be out of action “for at least two weeks” after having suffered a new injury last Monday, just two weeks after returning to the playing fields, according to information released by Jorge Jesús, coach of Al-Hilal, of the Saudi Pro League.
2 weeks out, confirmed by the coach
“He suffers a muscle injury. “I don’t know how long he won’t be able to train, at least two weeks,” declared the Portuguese coach after his team’s 3-0 win in the Asian Champions League against Iranian side Esteghlal.
Neymar Júnior, 32 years old, saw action on the field of play coming from the bench in the 58th minute in a duel that took place at the Kingdom Arena facilities in the city of Riyadh, when Al Hilal was already ahead on the scoreboard with 2 goals to 0. But despite this, the all-time top scorer in the national team from Brazil, seemed to suffer from a problem in one of his thighs and, after receiving treatment on the sideline by the team’s medical team, he had to leave the game in the 86th minute.
Neymar had just overcome a serious injury
The Brazilian star He had injured his cruciate ligament and meniscus on October 17, 2023 with Brazilin a World Cup qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup against Uruguay. Neymar’s first minutes of action in an official match was on October 21, entering the field of play in the 77th minute against Al-Ain in the United Arab Emirates, also in the Asian Champions League.
“Neymar is not an easy case. It shows what I thought when I made the decision to sign him for the League, because I knew and know that it won’t be easy for him. Medically his knee has healed, but then he is going to have problems like today, muscle problems because he hasn’t played for a long time. And the team’s rhythm is very high,” were part of the words of coach Jorge Jesús. “He is going to have muscular problems until we manage to rebalance him muscularly, physically.”. Until we do it, that is going to happen a lot,” added the Portuguese coach.
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