Brazilian Neymar was stretchered out on Sunday against Lille in Ligue 1. The striker scored a goal in the first half.
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BInjured in the right ankle, Brazilian striker Neymar went out on a stretcher on Sunday against Lille in Ligue 1. His injury comes just over two weeks before the round of 16 return of the Champions League from Paris SG against Bayern Munich in Germany.
Number 10, already touched in this right ankle during the last World Cup, left the Parc des Princes pitch at the 51e minute. He scored in the first half. PSG, beaten 1-0 by Bayern on Tuesday in the first leg, faces the Germans on March 8 in Bavaria for the return leg.
The right ankle of “Ney” turned sharply on a disputed ball to Benjamin André. Around him on the pitch, his teammates immediately called for the trainers with worried gestures. On the ground and in tears, the Brazilian tried to get up and walk before clapping his hands in rage and lying down in the stretcher. He walked out with his head in his hands.
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regular injuries
This injury brings back bad memories for PSG, which has already been deprived of Neymar in the past for high-stakes matches in C1. He injured his foot before an 8e second leg against Real Madrid in 2018, and Paris had been eliminated (3-1/2-1).
In 2019, “Ney” relapsed against Strasbourg (2-0) and missed the 8es against Manchester United (2-0/1-3), and Paris is still eliminated. And in 2021, Neymar is injured again, this time in the left adductor, and misses the reunion with his former club, FC Barcelona, still in 8e. But this time PSG qualified (4-1/1-1), including a hat-trick from Kylian Mbappé at Camp Nou.