Neymar undergoes surgery in Qatar with team doctor

Striker Neymar underwent surgery this Friday (10th) to correct the injury suffered in his right ankle just over three weeks ago. Paris Saint-Germain issued a statement to inform that the operation, carried out with the participation of Rodrigo Lasmar, doctor of the Brazilian team and Atlético-MG, was successful.

The surgical procedure was carried out at the Aspetar hospital, in Doha, Qatar, also with the presence of doctors James Calder and Pete D’Hoodge. According to the PSG note, “everything went well” and, from now on, “the player will follow a rest and care protocol”. The return prediction is four months, so he should no longer play in the current European season, which ends in May.

Neymar was injured on February 19, in a French Championship game against Lille. In the match, he stepped on the lawn falsely and ended up turning his foot. The Brazilian left the pitch on a stretcher, crying a lot. PSG adopted conventional treatment confident of recovering it in time for the return of the round of 16 against Bayern, in Munich, this Wednesday, but the treatment was not successful and the surgery turned out to be inevitable

Without Neymar on the field, the Parisian team was eliminated from the Champions League last Tuesday, when it lost 2-0 to Bayern Munich in the second leg of the round of 16, after losing 1-0 in the first leg .

Also eliminated from the French Cup, in the quarterfinals, by Olympique de Marseille, the team will use the rest of the season to try to confirm the title of the French Championship, of which it is leader with 63 points, eight points ahead of Olympique, in second place. . There are 12 rounds left for the end of the national league.