‘Ney’ carried out his first preparatory session with Brazil normally and showed that he is ready to play on Friday against Bolivia
The ’10’, who has not yet made his debut with Al-Hilal, has not played an official match since February when he injured his ankle with PSG
First mystery solved. Neymar Jr. completed his first training session with the Seleçao with absolute normalitywho now directs Fernando Diniz, in Belém, the Amazonian capital of the state of Pará. The session was held at the Mangueirao stadium, the same venue where on Friday the Canarinho team will face Bolivia in the debut of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
A lot of expectation had been generated to find out what the real form of the Brazilian crack would be, who has concentrated with his team without having yet made his debut with his new team, Al-Hilal.
On Friday, before traveling to his country, ‘Ney’ was not even summoned by his coach, the Portuguese Jorge Jesus, to play the stellar duel of the Saudi Pro League against Al-Ittihad, led by Karim Benzemá, where the leadership was at stake. Al-Hilal ended up winning 3-4 with a hat-trick from Serbian Aleksandar Mitrovic and rose to first position.
The absence of Neymar in this last clash had raised many suspicions about whether he would have the right physical conditions to be able to play with the ‘Canarinha’, because he was recovering from a muscle injury.
The last official meeting of ‘Ney’ dates back almost seven months when he was still at PSG. It was on February 19 in the 4-3 win against Lille. He was injured in the 51st minute on his battered right ankle (the same one that had been injured in the World Cup in Qatar) and ended up having to undergo surgery, in an operation that took place in Doha.
From what has been seen in this Tuesday’s session, Neymar is ready to put on the ’10’ of the Seleçao again that you haven’t seen since the tragic elimination on penalties in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup against Croatia.