Was missing with thigh problem
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A little more than a month after returning to his youth club FC Santos is criticized by Brazil’s football star Neymar. The reason is a carnival visit to Rio de Janeiro and the subsequent failure in the semi-finals of the Camponato Paulista against Corinthians (1-2) on Saturday. Santos coach Pedro Caixinha had explained the lack of the striker with a “thigh problem” by the 33-year-old.
On March 2, Neymar only took part in the carnival parade in the Sambadrom in Rio a few hours after another competitive game. In the game before, he had been replaced because of an injury.
According to his own statement, his trainer had asked him to sit on the bench in the game against the Corinthians despite the injury. “He is another player, he is awakened and has fantastic energy. Neymar suffered a lot that he couldn’t take part in the game, ”said Caixhinha.
Criticism of media and experts to Neymar
Nevertheless, media and experts Neymar accused not to focus on football and prefer his personal pleasure. At the end of January, after stations at FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain and an unfortunate intermezzo at Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, he had returned to FC Santos to give his career again.
Brazil’s national coach Dorival Junior called him for the World Cup qualifiers against Colombia (March 21) and in Argentina (March 26). After a cruciate ligament tear in Seleção suffered in October 2023, Neymar had suspended.