Santos confirm new Neymar injury 🤕 | OneFootball

Neymar suffered a muscle injury in his right thigh, confirmed after tests carried out this Friday (19).

Santos confirmed the physical problem in a brief statement and informed that he has already started treatment.

The club, however, did not provide a timeline for the player’s return to the field.

The attacking midfielder felt pain during training held this Thursday (18).

Santos faces São Paulo in a classic match scheduled for Sunday (21) at Vila Belmiro.

Neymar started in nine of the ten matches played by Peixe after the Club World Cup.

In seven of them, the number 10 stayed on the field for the full 90 minutes.

The only match he did not play was against Bahia, when he was suspended.

Recurring problem

This is the third injury suffered by Neymar since his return to Santos at the beginning of the year.

The first occurred in the knockout stage of the Paulistão, when he missed the team’s elimination against Corinthians in the semifinal.

Neymar returned to play a little over a month later, in a match in the third round of the Brasileirão.

In Santos’ next match, against Atlético-MG, he left the field on a stretcher still in the first half and returned to the medical department.

Again, the period away from the field was a little over a month.

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