PSG confirms Neymar’s ligament injury and does not set a deadline for the Brazilian’s return – 02/21/2023 – Sport

Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) released a statement this Tuesday (21) with new details about the injury suffered by Neymar on Sunday (19), during the match against Lille, for the French Championship. According to the Parisian club, the Brazilian was diagnosed with a ligament injury in his right ankle.

PSG did not inform a deadline for the recovery of shirt 10. The club, however, stated that it will release new updates next week.

His injury comes less than two weeks before PSG’s second leg against Bayern Munich in the Champions League round of 16. After losing the first leg at home, 1-0, the French will face the Germans again on March 8, in Munich.

The problem that will affect Neymar’s streak this season is the same ankle that hindered his trajectory in the last World Cup, in Qatar, where Brazil ended up eliminated in the quarterfinals.

This time, the injury occurred after a move in which he tried to steal the ball from Benjamin André, from Lille, in the second half of the match that ended with the Brazilian’s team winning by 4-3. stretcher by the Paris Saint-Germain medical team, the number 10 had scored a goal and also provided an assist.

The injury brings back bad memories for PSG, who have already lost Neymar in important Champions League games.

The Brazilian was injured before the second duel of the round of 16 against Real Madrid in 2018, the year in which the Parisian team ended up eliminated by the Spaniards.

In 2019, Neymar was injured against Strasbourg and missed the round of 16 against Manchester United, when PSG were again eliminated.

And in 2021, Neymar was injured again, this time in the left adductor, missing the reunion with his former club, Barcelona, ​​also in the round of 16. But this time, PSG advanced, with a show by the Frenchman Mbappé, author of three goals in the first leg, at Camp Nou, where the visitors won by 4-1. In France, there was a draw, 1-1.